{"product_id":"city-of-light-city-of-shadows-paris-in-the-belle-epoque","title":"City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Époque","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCity of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Époque\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMike Rapport\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781541647497\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBasic Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e448\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA top historian offers a new history of Paris's Belle Époque, the luminous age of the Eiffel Tower and the Sacré-Coeur Basilica, but also of social unrest and violent clashes over what it meant to be French\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the wrought ironwork of the Eiffel Tower to the flourishing art nouveau movement, the Belle Époque is remembered as a golden age for Parisian culture. Beneath the veneer of elegance, however, fin de siècle Paris was a city at war with itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCity of Light, City of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, Mike Rapport uncovers a Paris riven by social anxieties and plagued by overlapping epidemics of poverty, political extremism, and anti-Semitism. As the Sacré-Coeur and Eiffel Tower rose into the skies, redefining architecture and the Paris skyline, Paris's slums were plagued by disease and gang violence. The era, now remembered as a high point of French art and culture, was also an age of intense political violence, including anarchist bombings, organized right-wing mobs, and assassinations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving together these stories of splendor and suffering with the fabric of the city itself, the book offers a brilliant account of Paris's Belle Époque--revealing the darkness that suffused the City of Light.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Époque | Mike Rapport | Hardcover | 9781541647497 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks C 1758329","offer_id":49178581237912,"sku":"1758329","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91oZ6IAoP-L.jpg?v=1780078202","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/city-of-light-city-of-shadows-paris-in-the-belle-epoque","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}