Paris dreams, Paris memories [[electronic resource] ] : the city and its mystique / / Charles Rearick

• Autore: Rearick Charles <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Disciplina: 944/.36108
• Soggetto topico: Collective memory - France - Paris
• Soggetto geografico: Paris (France) Public opinion; Paris (France) History 19th century; Paris (France) History 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-272) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Paris : praised, modernized, remembered, staged, and loved : nineteenth-century foundations -- The memory of a certain "belle-epoque" (1914-c.1960) : or how the turn-of-the-century lived on beyond its time -- Postwar modernizing and the resistance of memory (1945-c.1980) -- New varieties of a "nouveau Paris" (1974-2008) -- Paris in comparison -- Contemporary Paris : images, spirit, soul, and sites -- Conclusion : to know Paris.
• Sommario/riassunto: How did Paris become the world favorite it is today? Charles Rearick argues that we can best understand Paris as several cities in one, each with its own history and its own imaginary shaped by dream and memory. Paris has long been at once a cosmopolitan City of Light and of modernity, a patchwork of time-resistant villages, a treasured heirloom, a hell for the disinherited, and a legendary pleasure dome. Each of these has played a part in making the enchanting, flawed city of our time. Focusing on the last century and a half, Paris Dreams, Paris Memories makes contempo
• Titolo autorizzato: Paris dreams, Paris memories
• ISBN: 0-8047-7751-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779092303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II