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portada Engine of Modernity: The Omnibus and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2019
Language
English
Pages
200
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.6x16x2 cm
Weight
0.43 kg.
ISBN13
9781526138590
Edition No.
11
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Engine of Modernity: The Omnibus and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Masha Belenky (Author) · Manchester University Press · Hardcover

Engine of Modernity: The Omnibus and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris - Belenky, Masha

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Synopsis "Engine of Modernity: The Omnibus and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris"

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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