UID:
almafu_9959242450102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (401 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-05157-5
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1-4422-0929-1
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9786613051578
Inhalt:
Paris in 1871 was a shambles following military defeat, siege, and a bloody uprising, and the question loomed, ""Could this extraordinary city even survive?"" By 1900, the Belle Epoque was in full flower, but the decades between were marked by tension and conflict, as the new challenged the old in everything from politics to art, literature, music, science, and engineering. Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to these perilous years following the abrupt collapse of the Second Empire and France's uncertain venture into the Third Republic-examining this era through the eyes of
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Terrible Year; Chapter 01. Ashes; Chapter 02. Recovery; Chapter 03. Scaling the Heights; Chapter 04. The Moral Order; Chapter 05. "This will kill that."; Chapter 06. Pressure Builds; Chapter 07. A Splendid Diversion; Chapter 08. Victory; Chapter 09. Saints and Sinners; Chapter 10. Shadows; Chapter 11. A Golden Tortoise; Chapter 12. Digging Deep; Chapter 13. Hard Times; Chapter 14. That Genius, That Monster; Chapter 15. Onward and Upward; Chapter 16. Fat and Thin; Chapter 17. Centennial; Chapter 18. Sacred and Profane
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Chapter 19. Family AffairsChapter 20. "The bell has tolled. . . ."; Chapter 21. Between Storms; Chapter 22. Dreyfus; Chapter 23. Passages; Chapter 24. A Shot in the Dark; Chapter 25. "J'accuse!"; Chapter 26. "Despite all these anxieties . . ."; Chapter 27. Rennes; Chapter 28. A New Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-4422-0927-5
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-4422-0928-3
Sprache:
Englisch
