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001 2015004988
003 DLC
005 20151219082446.0
008 150220s2015 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015004988
020 $a9780374299323 (hardback)
020 $z9781429944588 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aDC715$b.S3125 2015
082 00 $a944/.36106$223
084 $aHIS013000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSante, Luc,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Other Paris /$cLuc Sante.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2015.
300 $a306 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"A vivid investigation into the seamy underside of nineteenth and twentieth century Paris"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 2 $a"A trip through Paris as it will never be again--dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian Paris, the City of Light. The city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of soft cheese and fresh baguettes. Or so tourist brochures would have you believe. In The Other Paris, Luc Sante reveals the city's hidden past, its seamy underside--one populated by working and criminal classes that, though virtually extinct today, have shaped Paris over the past two centuries. Drawing on testimony from a great range of witnesses--from Balzac and Hugo to assorted boulevardiers, rabble-rousers, and tramps--Sante, whose thorough research is matched only by the vividness of his narration, takes the reader on a whirlwind tour. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred images, The Other Paris scuttles through the knotted streets of pre-Haussmann Paris; through the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians; through the massive garbage dump at Montfaucon, active until 1849, in which, 'at any given time the carcasses of 12,000 horses were left to rot.' A wildly lively survey of labor conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, and popular entertainment, of the reporters, realiste singers, pamphleteers, and poets who chronicled their evolution, The Other Paris is a book meant to upend the story of the French capital, to reclaim the city from the bon vivants and the speculators, and to hold a light to the works and days of the forgotten poor"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aCapital -- Ghosts -- Pantruche -- Zone -- La Canaille -- Archipelago -- Le Business -- Saint Monday -- Show People -- Mort aux Vaches -- The Insurgents -- The Game.
651 0 $aParis (France)$xSocial life and customs$y19th century.
651 0 $aParis (France)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.
650 0 $aCity and town life$zFrance$zParis$xHistory.
650 0 $aPoor$zFrance$zParis$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorking class$zFrance$zParis$xHistory.
650 0 $aCriminals$zFrance$zParis$xHistory.
650 0 $aEccentrics and eccentricities$zFrance$zParis$xHistory.
651 0 $aParis (France)$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aParis (France)$xDescription and travel.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / France.$2bisacsh