The margins of city life : explorations on the French urban frontier, 1815-1851 / / John M. Merriman

• Autore: Merriman John M
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 pages)
• Disciplina: 307.74/0944
• Soggetto topico: Marginality, Social - France - History - 19th century; Neighborhoods - France - History - 19th century; Suburban life - France - History - 19th century; Suburbs - France - History - 19th century
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-304) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- 1. The Urban Frontier -- 2. City and Country: That Awkward Embrace -- 3. Marginal People, Peripheral Spaces, Fearsome Faubourgs -- 4. Center and Periphery: Contrasts in the West-Poitiers, Châtellerault, and La Roche-sur-Yon -- 5. Quartier blanc, quartier rouge: Cultural Marginality and Popular Politics in Perpignan -- 6. The Precocious, Violent Faubourgs of Nîmes -- 7. Reims and the Challenge of Its Industrial Faubourgs -- 8. The Conquest of the Urban Frontier -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Focuses on the social margins of city life - the "faubourgs", or suburbs, where rural migrants and the labouring poor of French cities congregated in growing numbers in the first half of the 19th century. The text examines the cultural and social traditions which took root in these areas.
• Titolo autorizzato: The margins of city life
• ISBN: 0195362411; 9780195362411
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809782303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II