Author: Bruce Reynolds
Publisher: Musson
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Paris with the Lid Lifted
Paris with the Lid Lifted
Author: Bruce Reynolds
Publisher: Applewood After Dark
ISBN: 9781429093163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Newly published under the Applewood After Dark imprint is a facsimile of this lighthearted "guide book" to Parisian nightlife in the 1920s, written by Bruce Reynolds. Subtitled "A new sort of 'Travel Cocktail' that works fast and kicks hard, and opens the gates to a 'million dollars' worth of frolic--IN PARIS," this humorously-illustrated travelogue was originally published in 1927. It offers "inside information to make your next trip to Paris a whirlwind of joy." "All you need to have a good time is money and alibis," says Reynolds, and his hilarious, and naughty, look at all Paris has to offer the visiting American not only is sure to amuse, but provides useful information on the sights, sounds, tastes, and attractions of the City of Light during the Jazz Age.
Publisher: Applewood After Dark
ISBN: 9781429093163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Newly published under the Applewood After Dark imprint is a facsimile of this lighthearted "guide book" to Parisian nightlife in the 1920s, written by Bruce Reynolds. Subtitled "A new sort of 'Travel Cocktail' that works fast and kicks hard, and opens the gates to a 'million dollars' worth of frolic--IN PARIS," this humorously-illustrated travelogue was originally published in 1927. It offers "inside information to make your next trip to Paris a whirlwind of joy." "All you need to have a good time is money and alibis," says Reynolds, and his hilarious, and naughty, look at all Paris has to offer the visiting American not only is sure to amuse, but provides useful information on the sights, sounds, tastes, and attractions of the City of Light during the Jazz Age.
Paris with the Lid Lifted, by Bruce Reynolds,...
Paris with the Lid Lifted
Author: Bruce Reynolds
Publisher: Musson
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Musson
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Paris with the Lid Lifted ... Illustrations, Etc
Becoming Americans in Paris
Author: Brooke L. Blower
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199792771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Americans often look back on Paris between the world wars as a charming escape from the enduring inequalities and reactionary politics of the United States. In this bold and original study, Brooke Blower shows that nothing could be further from the truth. She reveals the breadth of American activities in the capital, the lessons visitors drew from their stay, and the passionate responses they elicited from others. For many sojourners-not just for the most famous expatriate artists and writers- Paris served as an important crossroads, a place where Americans reimagined their position in the world and grappled with what it meant to be American in the new century, even as they came up against conflicting interpretations of American power by others. Interwar Paris may have been a capital of the arts, notorious for its pleasures, but it was also smoldering with radical and reactionary plots, suffused with noise, filth, and chaos, teeming with immigrants and refugees, communist rioters, fascism admirers, overzealous police, and obnoxious tourists. Sketching Americans' place in this evocative landscape, Blower shows how arrivals were drawn into the capital's battles, both wittingly and unwittingly. Americans in Paris found themselves on the front lines of an emerging culture of political engagements-a transatlantic matrix of causes and connections, which encompassed debates about "Americanization" and "anti-American" protests during the Sacco-Vanzetti affair as well as a host of other international incidents. Blower carefully depicts how these controversies and a backdrop of polarized European politics honed Americans' political stances and sense of national distinctiveness. A model of urban, transnational history, Becoming Americans in Paris offers a nuanced portrait of how Americans helped to shape the cultural politics of interwar Paris, and, at the same time, how Paris helped to shape modern American political culture.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199792771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Americans often look back on Paris between the world wars as a charming escape from the enduring inequalities and reactionary politics of the United States. In this bold and original study, Brooke Blower shows that nothing could be further from the truth. She reveals the breadth of American activities in the capital, the lessons visitors drew from their stay, and the passionate responses they elicited from others. For many sojourners-not just for the most famous expatriate artists and writers- Paris served as an important crossroads, a place where Americans reimagined their position in the world and grappled with what it meant to be American in the new century, even as they came up against conflicting interpretations of American power by others. Interwar Paris may have been a capital of the arts, notorious for its pleasures, but it was also smoldering with radical and reactionary plots, suffused with noise, filth, and chaos, teeming with immigrants and refugees, communist rioters, fascism admirers, overzealous police, and obnoxious tourists. Sketching Americans' place in this evocative landscape, Blower shows how arrivals were drawn into the capital's battles, both wittingly and unwittingly. Americans in Paris found themselves on the front lines of an emerging culture of political engagements-a transatlantic matrix of causes and connections, which encompassed debates about "Americanization" and "anti-American" protests during the Sacco-Vanzetti affair as well as a host of other international incidents. Blower carefully depicts how these controversies and a backdrop of polarized European politics honed Americans' political stances and sense of national distinctiveness. A model of urban, transnational history, Becoming Americans in Paris offers a nuanced portrait of how Americans helped to shape the cultural politics of interwar Paris, and, at the same time, how Paris helped to shape modern American political culture.
A Guide to Hemingway's Paris
Author: John Leland
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 0945575238
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Describes Paris cafes, restaurants, bars, hotels, and landmarks portrayed by Hemingway in his fiction and nonfiction
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 0945575238
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Describes Paris cafes, restaurants, bars, hotels, and landmarks portrayed by Hemingway in his fiction and nonfiction
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ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Fighting Words
Author: Nancy F. Cott
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 1541699319
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
From a Harvard historian, this riveting portrait of four trailblazing American journalists highlights the power of the press in the interwar period. In the fragile peace following the Great War, a surprising number of restless young Americans abandoned their homes and set out impulsively to see the changing world. In Fighting Words, Nancy F. Cott follows four who pursued global news -- from contested Palestine to revolutionary China, from Stalin's Moscow to Hitler's Berlin. As foreign correspondents, they became players in international politics and shaped Americans' awareness of critical interwar crises, the spreading menace of European fascism, and the likelihood of a new war -- while living romantic and sexual lives as modern and as hazardous as their journalism. An indelible portrayal of a tumultuous era with resonance for our own, Fighting Words is essential reading on the power of the press and the growth of an American sense of international responsibility.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 1541699319
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
From a Harvard historian, this riveting portrait of four trailblazing American journalists highlights the power of the press in the interwar period. In the fragile peace following the Great War, a surprising number of restless young Americans abandoned their homes and set out impulsively to see the changing world. In Fighting Words, Nancy F. Cott follows four who pursued global news -- from contested Palestine to revolutionary China, from Stalin's Moscow to Hitler's Berlin. As foreign correspondents, they became players in international politics and shaped Americans' awareness of critical interwar crises, the spreading menace of European fascism, and the likelihood of a new war -- while living romantic and sexual lives as modern and as hazardous as their journalism. An indelible portrayal of a tumultuous era with resonance for our own, Fighting Words is essential reading on the power of the press and the growth of an American sense of international responsibility.