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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818271003321

Autore

McAuliffe Mary Sperling <1943->

Titolo

When Paris sizzled : the 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and their friends / / Mary McAuliffe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-5333-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.) : illustrations, maps, photographs

Disciplina

944/.3610815

Soggetti

Intellectuals - France - Paris - History - 20th century

Artists - France - Paris - History - 20th century

Authors - France - Paris - History - 20th century

Arts - France - Paris - History - 20th century

Social change - France - Paris - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - Influence

Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century

Paris (France) Social life and customs 20th century

Paris (France) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Map of Paris, 1918-1929 -- Out of darkness (1918) -- Going forward (1918-1919) -- Versailles and victory (1919) -- Making way for the new (1919-1920) -- Les années folles (1920) -- Weddings, breakups, and other affairs (1921) -- The lost generation (1922) -- A death in Paris (1923) -- Americans in Paris (1924) -- You've come a long way from St. Louis (1925) -- All that jazz (1926) -- Sophisticated lady (1927) -- Cocktails, Darling? (1928) -- The bubble bursts (1929).

Sommario/riassunto

"With rich illustrations and evocative narrative, McAuliffe portrays Paris during the fabulous 1920s, when art and architecture, music, literature, fashion, entertainment, transportation, and behavior all took dramatically new forms"--Provided by publisher.