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La République troubléeCulture visuelle et débat social en France (1889-1900)

La République troublée Richard Thomson - La République troublée
This brilliant work studies the notion of modernity as it's been defined at the end of the XIXth century, especially through the analyse of the links between the visual culture and several main social debates of the time such as sexuallity, urban crowd, riots and social control mechanisms, the Republic and the Church, nationalism and militarism.
First translation in French of Richard Thomson's The Troubled Republic, Visual Culture and Social Debate in France, 1889-1900 (Yale University Press, 2005).
Translated from the English by Françoise Jaouën.
 
published in 2008
French edition
17 x 20 cm (softcover)
480 pages (176 color & b/w ill.)
 
28.00
 
ISBN : 978-2-84066-249-5
EAN : 9782840662495
 
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