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The Belle Époque : a cultural history, Paris and beyond /

"The years before the First World War have long been romanticized as a zenith of French culture, the "Belle Époque." The era is seen as the height of a lost way of life that remains emblematic of what it means to be French. In a vast range of texts and images, it appears as a carefre...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kalifa, Dominique (Author)
Other Authors: Emanuel, Susan (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Series:European perspectives.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Time regained?
  • Part One: "The 1900 Epoch"
  • Dawn of the century
  • Time in flight
  • "Nothing mattered as long as we were dancing"
  • The invention of "1900"
  • Part Two: "Ah! la Belle Époque!"
  • Occupied Paris, "Belle Époque" Paris?
  • Liberated Paris, Belle Époque Paris
  • A lively "Half-Century"
  • Part Three: The ordeal of the "Fin-de-Siècle"
  • The "Belle Époque" isn't what it used to be
  • All of France in the Belle Époque
  • A very broad "Belle Époque"
  • Everything is cultural in the Age of the Vintage
  • Epilogue: Tangled times.