{"product_id":"the-belle-epoque-9780231202091","title":"The Belle Époque","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDominique Kalifa’s “untold” history of the Belle Époque offers a probing reflection on the concepts through which we structure and give meaning to time and the past. Scholars of memory, nostalgia, and temporality will find much to think about in a book that is at once playful and ambitious. -- Stéphane Gerson, author of \u003ci\u003eDisaster Falls: A Family Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this important book, Dominique Kalifa convincingly demonstrates that the notion of the Belle Époque was not constructed in the years that followed the supreme catastrophe of World War I, but rather in the 1950s, during the “Thirty Glorious Years” when the new France emerged. This fascinating study has much to tell Anglophone readers about the France that the British and Americans began to discover in the wake of World War II. -- John Merriman, author of \u003ci\u003eBallad of the Anarchist Bandits: The Crime Spree That Gripped Belle Époque Paris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKalifa masterfully unearths the varied uses to which the term ‘Belle Époque’ has been put from the turn of the twentieth century forward. Part historical excavation, part meditation on the historian’s craft, this book makes a crucial contribution to the history of this important period and its afterlives. -- Willa Z. Silverman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Bibliopolis: French Book Collectors and the Culture of Print, 1880–1914\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican readers, especially those who came of age after World War II, will quickly call up Toulouse-Lautrec posters on their walls and memories of first touring Paris. Kalifa gives those memories historical footings and explains their origins, providing a useful, informative portrait for scholars and Francophiles alike. * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eAn extremely interesting book. * Book Addiction *\u003cbr\u003eHis 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. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eA genuinely thought-provoking study. Highly recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eNo matter the context, no one will ever again be able to refer to the \u003ci\u003eBelle Époque \u003c\/i\u003ewithout taking Kalifa’s revelations into consideration. The endless intelligence of this book cannot be missed. * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Time Regained\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: “The 1900 Époque”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDawn of the Century\u003cbr\u003eTime in Flight\u003cbr\u003e“Nothing mattered as long as we were dancing”\u003cbr\u003eThe Invention of “1900”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: \u003ci\u003eAh! la Belle Époque!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOccupied Paris, “Belle Époque” Paris?\u003cbr\u003eLiberated Paris, Belle Époque Paris\u003cbr\u003eA Lively Mid-Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Ordeal of the “\u003ci\u003eFin de Siècle\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe “Belle Époque” Isn’t What It Used to Be\u003cbr\u003eAll of France in the Belle Époque\u003cbr\u003eA Very Broad “Belle Époque”\u003cbr\u003eEverything Is Cultural in the Era of the Vintage\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Tangled Times\u003cbr\u003ePostscript: The Belle Époque and the Gilded Age, by Venita Datta\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864262783319,"sku":"9780231202091","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231202091.jpg?v=1722271130","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-belle-epoque-9780231202091","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}