The other Paris
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Status
Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
944.361 SANTE 2015
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944.361 SANTE 2015
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Subjects
LC Subjects
City and town life -- France -- Paris -- History.
Criminals -- France -- Paris -- History.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- France -- Paris -- History.
Paris (France) -- Description and travel.
Paris (France) -- Social conditions.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Poor -- France -- Paris -- History.
Working class -- France -- Paris -- History.
Criminals -- France -- Paris -- History.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- France -- Paris -- History.
Paris (France) -- Description and travel.
Paris (France) -- Social conditions.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Poor -- France -- Paris -- History.
Working class -- France -- Paris -- History.
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"A vivid investigation into the seamy underside of nineteenth and twentieth century Paris"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
"A trip through Paris as it will never be again--dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian Paris, the City of Light. The city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of soft cheese and fresh baguettes. Or so tourist brochures would have you believe. In The Other Paris, Luc Sante reveals the city's hidden past, its seamy underside--one populated by working and criminal classes that, though virtually extinct today, have shaped Paris over the past two centuries. Drawing on testimony from a great range of witnesses--from Balzac and Hugo to assorted boulevardiers, rabble-rousers, and tramps--Sante, whose thorough research is matched only by the vividness of his narration, takes the reader on a whirlwind tour. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred images, The Other Paris scuttles through the knotted streets of pre-Haussmann Paris; through the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians; through the massive garbage dump at Montfaucon, active until 1849, in which, 'at any given time the carcasses of 12,000 horses were left to rot.' A wildly lively survey of labor conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, and popular entertainment, of the reporters, realiste singers, pamphleteers, and poets who chronicled their evolution, The Other Paris is a book meant to upend the story of the French capital, to reclaim the city from the bon vivants and the speculators, and to hold a light to the works and days of the forgotten poor"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sante, L. (2015). The other Paris (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sante, Luc. 2015. The Other Paris. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sante, Luc. The Other Paris Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sante, Luc. The Other Paris First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
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