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Informationen zum Autor Richard D. E. Burton (d.2008) was Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Sussex Klappentext The book provides a 'flâneur's eye view' of Parisian life in the first half of the nineteenth century: dress, cafés and restaurants, but also shops and passages, the omnibus, bals publics and carnival. The author provides general conclusions about the private and public spheres in 'le vieux Paris'. Like the flâneur, the author concentrates less on factual information for its own sake - which may be found in the secondary works cited in the text and footnotes - than on the 'semiological' or anthropological significance of the cultural forms in question. Links are drawn between cultural institutions and class relations in pre-1850 Paris, with particular emphasis on cultural inequality, on the persistence of cross-class contacts, and the growing differences between classes as reflected in behaviour and attitudes. Zusammenfassung Presents a 'Flaneur's eye view' of Parisian life in the first half of the nineteenth century: dress! cafes and restaurants! but also shops and passages! the omnibus! bals publics and carnival. This book provides general conclusions about the private and public spheres in 'le vieux Paris'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The flâneur2. Human hieroglyphs: the role of dress in Parisian life3. The rise of the café4. The restaurant5. *Guingettes*, *goguettes* and *marchands de vin*6. Shops and shopping7. The omnibus8. *Bals public*9. Carnival10. *Saltimbanques* and prostitutes11. Conclusion: 'public' and 'private' in pre-1850 ParisNotes and references
