Paris on the Brink (eBook)
376 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1238-0 (ISBN)
Paris on the Brink vividly portrays the City of Light during the tumultuous 1930s, from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to war and German Occupation. This was a dangerous and turbulent decade, during which workers flexed their economic muscle and their opponents struck back with increasing violence. As the divide between haves and have-nots widened, so did the political split between left and right, with animosities exploding into brutal clashes, intensified by the paramilitary leagues of the extreme right. Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini escalated the increasingly hazardous international environment, while the civil war in Spain added to the instability of the times.Yet throughout the decade, Paris remained at the center of cultural creativity. Major figures on the Paris scene, such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Andre Gide, Marie Curie, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky, and Coco Chanel, continued to hold sway, in addition to Josephine Baker, Sylvia Beach, James Joyce, Man Ray, and Le Corbusier. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre could now be seen at their favorite cafes, while Jean Renoir, Salvador Dal, and Elsa Schiaparelli came to prominence, along with France's first Socialist prime minister, Leon Blum.Despite the decade's creativity and glamour, it remained a difficult and dangerous time, and Parisians responded with growing nativism and anti-Semitism, while relying on their Maginot Line to protect them from external harm. Through rich illustrations and evocative narrative, Mary McAuliffe brings this extraordinary era to life.
Mary McAuliffe holds a PhD in history from the University of Maryland, has taught at several universities, and has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution. She has traveled extensively in France, and for many years she was a regular contributor to Paris Notes. Her books include Dawn of the Belle Epoque, Twilight of the Belle Epoque, and When Paris Sizzled. She lives in New York City with her husband.
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionMap of ParisChapter 1 End of an Era (1929)Chapter 2 Rags and Riches (1929)Chapter 3 It Could Never Happen Here (1930)Chapter 4 The Ooh La La Factor (1930)Chapter 5 Navigating a Dangerous World (1931–1932)Chapter 6 Taking Sides (1933)Chapter 7 Bloody Tuesday (1934)Chapter 8 Sailing, Sailing (1935)Chapter 9 Coming Apart (1936)Chapter 10 War in Spain (1936)Chapter 11 End of the Dream (1937)Chapter 12 In War’s Shadow (1938)Chapter 13 Dancing on a Volcano (1939)Chapter 14 Closing the Circle (1940)Epilogue NotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.9.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | 30 Illustrations including: - 29 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 1 Maps. |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Schlagworte | 1930s Paris • anaïs nin • André Citroën • Andre Gide • André Malraux • Charles de Gaulle • city of light • Coco Chanel • Cocteau • Colette • Elsa Schiaparelli • Fall of Paris • Frédéric Curie • Free French • French cultural history • French social history • French Socialism • German occupation • Gertrude Stein • Great Depression • Hemingway • Henry Miller • Irène Curie • James Joyce • Jean Cocteau • Jean-Paul Sartre • Jean Renoir • Josephine Baker • Le Corbusier • Lee Miller • Leon Blum • Louis Renault • Man Ray • Marie Curie • Martha Gellhorn • Paris 1930s • Philippe Pétain • Picasso • Popular Front • Salvador Dali • Sartre • scott and zelda • Scott Fitzgerald • Second World War • Simone de Beauvoir • Stravinsky • Surrealism • Sylvia Beach • World War II • World War Two • Zelda Fitzgerald |
ISBN-10 | 1-5381-1238-8 / 1538112388 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-1238-0 / 9781538112380 |
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