Engine of modernity : the omnibus and urban culture in nineteenth-century Paris /

Engine of modernity : the omnibus and urban culture in nineteenth-century Paris /

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Author / Creator:	Belenky, Masha, 1968- author.
Imprint:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019. ©2019
Description:	xii, 183 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimilies, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Interventions : rethinking the nineteenth century Interventions: rethinking the nineteenth century (Series)
Subject:	Horse-drawn omnibuses -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century. Carriages and carts in literature. Carriages and carts in literature. Horse-drawn omnibuses. Intellectual life. Social conditions. Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. France -- Paris. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12030918

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Varying Form of Title:	Omnibus and urban culture in nineteenth-century Paris
ISBN:	9781526138590 152613859X 9781526138606
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.
Summary:	"Engine of modernity examines the connection between public transportation and popular culture in nineteenth-century Paris through a focus on the omnibus - a horse-drawn vehicle of urban transport. The omnibus generated innovations in social practices by compelling passengers of diverse backgrounds to interact within the vehicle's close confines. The arrival of the omnibus in the streets of Paris and in the pages of popular literature acted as a motor for a fundamental cultural shift in how people thought about the city, its social life, and its artistic representations. At the intersection of literary criticism and cultural history, Engine of modernity argues that the omnibus was a metaphor through which writers and artists explored evolving social dynamics of class and gender, meditated on the meaning of progress and change, and reflected on one's own literary and artistic practices." --

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