{"product_id":"international-bohemia-9780812244885","title":"International Bohemia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did this vagabond word, \u003ci\u003ebohemia\u003c\/i\u003e, migrate across national borderlines over the course of the nineteenth century, and what happened to it as it traveled? In \u003ci\u003eInternational Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Cottom studies how various individuals and groups appropriated this word to serve the identities, passions, cultural forms, politics, and histories they sought to animate. Beginning with the invention of bohemianism''s modern sense in Paris during the 1830s and 1840s, Cottom traces the twists and turns of this phenomenon through the rest of the nineteenth century and into the early years of the twentieth century in the United States, England, Italy, Spain, and Germany.\u003cbr\u003eEven when they traveled under the banner of \u003ci\u003el''art pour l''art\u003c\/i\u003e, the bohemians of this era generally saw little reason to observe borderlines between their lives and their art. On the contrary, they were eager to mix up the one with the other, despite the fact that their critics often reproached them on this\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Polished, eloquent, and witty, \u003ci\u003eInternational Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e is a spectacular achievement, a truly profound exploration of the mobile and ever shape-shifting phenomenon known as \u003ci\u003ela vie bohème\u003c\/i\u003e.\" * Joanna Levin, Chapman University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Bohemian Poseur Jew\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Maggie, Not a Girl of the Streets\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Indignity of Labor\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Unknowing Privat\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. America, the Birthplace of Bohemia\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Poverty of Nations\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Sherlock Holmes Meets Dracula\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405721444695,"sku":"9780812244885","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812244885.jpg?v=1730493388","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/international-bohemia-9780812244885","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}