The other Americans in Paris : businessmen, countesses, wayward youth, 1880-1941 /

There is an untold tale of Americans in Paris, a history of expatriation and immigration that parallels the story of the 'Lost Generation' expatriates who came to France for creative inspiration. This book argues that the 'other Americans in Paris' - American heiresses who marrie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green, Nancy L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Temas:
1800-1999
Americans > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Americans > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Americans
Civilization > American influences
France > Civilization > American influences.
France > Civilisation > Influence américaine.
France
France > Paris
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The not so lost generation: The "American colony"
  • Uses of citizenship: Tales from the consulate, or, How Mrs. Baker got her hat back
  • For love or money: Marriage and divorce in the French capital
  • Americans at work: Of grocers, fashion writers, dentists, and lawyers
  • Doing business in France: The formal and the informal
  • Down and out in Paris: The tailed, the arrested, and the poor
  • French connections, reciprocal visions: Love, hate, awe, disdain
  • Heading home: War, again.

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