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The other Paris, Luc Sante

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  • "A vivid investigation into the seamy underside of nineteenth and twentieth century Paris"--
  • "A trip through Paris as it will never be again--dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian Paris, the City of Light. The city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of soft cheese and fresh baguettes. Or so tourist brochures would have you believe. In The Other Paris, Luc Sante reveals the city's hidden past, its seamy underside--one populated by working and criminal classes that, though virtually extinct today, have shaped Paris over the past two centuries. Drawing on testimony from a great range of witnesses--from Balzac and Hugo to assorted boulevardiers, rabble-rousers, and tramps--Sante, whose thorough research is matched only by the vividness of his narration, takes the reader on a whirlwind tour. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred images, The Other Paris scuttles through the knotted streets of pre-Haussmann Paris; through the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians; through the massive garbage dump at Montfaucon, active until 1849, in which, 'at any given time the carcasses of 12,000 horses were left to rot.' A wildly lively survey of labor conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, and popular entertainment, of the reporters, realiste singers, pamphleteers, and poets who chronicled their evolution, The Other Paris is a book meant to upend the story of the French capital, to reclaim the city from the bon vivants and the speculators, and to hold a light to the works and days of the forgotten poor"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition
Extent
306 pages
Contents
  • Capital
  • Ghosts
  • Pantruche
  • Zone
  • La Canaille
  • Archipelago
  • Le Business
  • Saint Monday
  • Show People
  • Mort aux Vaches
  • The Insurgents
  • The Game
Isbn
9780374299323
Instance
Label
The other Paris
Title
The other Paris
Statement of responsibility
Luc Sante
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "A vivid investigation into the seamy underside of nineteenth and twentieth century Paris"--
  • "A trip through Paris as it will never be again--dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian Paris, the City of Light. The city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of soft cheese and fresh baguettes. Or so tourist brochures would have you believe. In The Other Paris, Luc Sante reveals the city's hidden past, its seamy underside--one populated by working and criminal classes that, though virtually extinct today, have shaped Paris over the past two centuries. Drawing on testimony from a great range of witnesses--from Balzac and Hugo to assorted boulevardiers, rabble-rousers, and tramps--Sante, whose thorough research is matched only by the vividness of his narration, takes the reader on a whirlwind tour. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred images, The Other Paris scuttles through the knotted streets of pre-Haussmann Paris; through the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians; through the massive garbage dump at Montfaucon, active until 1849, in which, 'at any given time the carcasses of 12,000 horses were left to rot.' A wildly lively survey of labor conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, and popular entertainment, of the reporters, realiste singers, pamphleteers, and poets who chronicled their evolution, The Other Paris is a book meant to upend the story of the French capital, to reclaim the city from the bon vivants and the speculators, and to hold a light to the works and days of the forgotten poor"--
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Sante, Lucy,
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • City and town life
  • Poor
  • Working class
  • Criminals
  • Eccentrics and eccentricities
  • HISTORY / Europe / France
  • City and town life
  • Criminals
  • Eccentrics and eccentricities
  • Manners and customs
  • Poor
  • Social conditions
  • Travel
  • Working class
  • Paris (France)
  • Paris (France)
  • Paris (France)
  • Paris (France)
  • France
Label
The other Paris, Luc Sante
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Capital -- Ghosts -- Pantruche -- Zone -- La Canaille -- Archipelago -- Le Business -- Saint Monday -- Show People -- Mort aux Vaches -- The Insurgents -- The Game
Control code
904144315
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
306 pages
Isbn
9780374299323
Lccn
2015004988
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
(OCoLC)904144315
Label
The other Paris, Luc Sante
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Capital -- Ghosts -- Pantruche -- Zone -- La Canaille -- Archipelago -- Le Business -- Saint Monday -- Show People -- Mort aux Vaches -- The Insurgents -- The Game
Control code
904144315
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
306 pages
Isbn
9780374299323
Lccn
2015004988
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
(OCoLC)904144315

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