Belle Epoque A Cultural History, Paris and Beyond

The years before the First World War have long been romanticized as a zenith of French culture-the "Belle Epoque." Dominique Kalifa traces the making-and the imagining-of the Belle Epoque to reveal how and why it became a cultural myth.

About the author

Dominique Kalifa (1957–2020) was professor of history and director of the Center for Nineteenth-Century History at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon–Sorbonne. His books include Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld (Columbia, 2019).

Venita Datta is professor of French at Wellesley College.

Summary

The years before the First World War have long been romanticized as a zenith of French culture—the “Belle Époque.” Dominique Kalifa traces the making—and the imagining—of the Belle Époque to reveal how and why it became a cultural myth.

Additional text

His analysis is clear and comprehensible, and it is supported by references that cover a broad spectrum of social and cultural material. This is one of those academic books that wears its learning lightly.

Product details

• Authors: Dominique Kalifa
• Assisted by: Emanuel Susan (Translation), Susan Emanuel (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.07.2021
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9780231202084
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20208-4
• Pages: 264
• Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
• Subjects: France, European History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General