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When Paris sizzled the 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and their friends /

"With rich illustrations and evocative narrative, McAuliffe portrays Paris during the fabulous 1920s, when art and architecture, music, literature, fashion, entertainment, transportation, and behavior all took dramatically new forms"--Provided by publisher.

Main Author: McAuliffe, Mary, 1943-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Physical Description: xii, 329 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Intellectuals -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Artists -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Authors -- History -- 20th century.
Arts -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
History.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Paris (France) -- Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Map of Paris, 1918-1929
  • Out of darkness (1918)
  • Going forward (1918-1919)
  • Versailles and victory (1919)
  • Making way for the new (1919-1920)
  • Les années folles (1920)
  • Weddings, breakups, and other affairs (1921)
  • The lost generation (1922)
  • A death in Paris (1923)
  • Americans in Paris (1924)
  • You've come a long way from St. Louis (1925)
  • All that jazz (1926)
  • Sophisticated lady (1927)
  • Cocktails, Darling? (1928)
  • The bubble bursts (1929).

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