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UNINA9910970189403321 |
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Autore |
Reynolds Siân |
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Titolo |
Paris-Edinburgh : cultural connections in the Belle Epoque / / Sian Reynolds |
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Aldershot, Hants, England, : Ashgate, c2007 |
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9786611241025 |
9781315599427 |
1315599422 |
9781317084075 |
1317084071 |
9781317084068 |
1317084063 |
9781281241023 |
1281241024 |
9780754683025 |
0754683028 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scots - France - Paris |
Paris (France) Intellectual life 19th century |
Paris (France) Social life and customs 19th century |
Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century |
Paris (France) Social life and customs 20th century |
Edinburgh (Scotland) Intellectual life 19th century |
Edinburgh (Scotland) Social life and customs 19th century |
Edinburgh (Scotland) Intellectual life 20th century |
Edinburgh (Scotland) Social life and customs 20th century |
France Relations Scotland |
Scotland Relations France |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-211) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Seine and Forth: Paris and Edinburgh in 1900; 2 Stone Cities; 3 Taking the Boat-train to Montparnasse: Edinburgh Artists in Paris; 4 Bringing Parisians to Edinburgh: Patrick Geddes's Networks of Academics, Anarchists and Artists, 1870's to 1890's; 5 A 'Petite Entente'? The Origins of the Franco-Scottish Society; 6 Professor Geddes Goes to the Fair: The Globe, the Assembly and the Rue des Nations at the 1900 Paris Exhibition; 7 An 'Entente Cordiale' in Publishing, or a Scottish Victory? Nelson's French Collection |
8 New Women, Old Men? Afterword; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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By the end of the nineteenth century Paris was widely acknowledged as the cultural capital of the world; Edinburgh by contrast may still be thought of as a rather staid city of lawyers and Presbyterian ministers, academics and doctors. Yet despite this apparent cultural opposition, Professor Reynolds argues that in fact both cities shared a number of similar concerns and ideals that were fostered and developed by growing links and international travel. This book seeks not to treat Paris-Edinburgh links in isolation, or to exaggerate them, but to use them to provide a fresh perspective on the |
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