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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 15 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Luc Sante. |
| Summary |
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, réaliste 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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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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City and town life -- France -- Paris -- History.
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Poor -- France -- Paris -- History.
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Working class -- France -- Paris -- History.
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Criminals -- France -- Paris -- History.
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Eccentrics and eccentricities -- France -- Paris -- History.
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Paris (France) -- Social conditions.
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Paris (France) -- Description and travel.
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| Added Author |
Sante, Luc.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781622319251 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1622319257 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11505888 |
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