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Nineteenth-Century Europe
A Cultural History
Taschenbuch von Hannu Salmi
Sprache: Englisch

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Nineteenth-Century Europe offers a much-needed concise and fresh look at European culture between the Great Revolution in France and the First World War. It encompasses all major themes of the period, from the rising nationalism of the early nineteenth century to the pessimistic views of fin de siècle. It is a lucid, fluent presentation that appeals to both students of history and culture and the general audience interested in European cultural history.

The book attempts to see the culture of the nineteenth century in broad terms, integrating everyday ways of life into the story as mental, material and social practices. It also highlights ways of thinking, mentalities and emotions in order to construct a picture of this period of another kind, that goes beyond a story of "isms" or intellectual and artistic movements.

Although the nineteenth century has often been described as a century of rising factory pipes and grey industrial cities, as a cradle of modern culture, the era has many faces. This book pays special attention to the experiences of contemporaries, from the fear for steaming engines to the longing for the pre-industrial past, from the idle calmness of bourgeois life to the awakening consumerism of the department stores, from curious exoticism to increasing xenophobia, from optimistic visions of future to the expectations of an approaching end. The century that is only a few generations away from us is strange and familiar at the same time - a bygone world that has in many ways influenced our present day world.
Nineteenth-Century Europe offers a much-needed concise and fresh look at European culture between the Great Revolution in France and the First World War. It encompasses all major themes of the period, from the rising nationalism of the early nineteenth century to the pessimistic views of fin de siècle. It is a lucid, fluent presentation that appeals to both students of history and culture and the general audience interested in European cultural history.

The book attempts to see the culture of the nineteenth century in broad terms, integrating everyday ways of life into the story as mental, material and social practices. It also highlights ways of thinking, mentalities and emotions in order to construct a picture of this period of another kind, that goes beyond a story of "isms" or intellectual and artistic movements.

Although the nineteenth century has often been described as a century of rising factory pipes and grey industrial cities, as a cradle of modern culture, the era has many faces. This book pays special attention to the experiences of contemporaries, from the fear for steaming engines to the longing for the pre-industrial past, from the idle calmness of bourgeois life to the awakening consumerism of the department stores, from curious exoticism to increasing xenophobia, from optimistic visions of future to the expectations of an approaching end. The century that is only a few generations away from us is strange and familiar at the same time - a bygone world that has in many ways influenced our present day world.
Über den Autor
Hannu Salmi is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turku.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction.

1. Industrialization: Economy and Culture.

2. The Faustian Man: A Society in Motion.

3. From the Cult of Genius to Worship of Art.

4. On the Cultural History of Nationalism.

5. A Century of Family and Home: Daily Routines and Country Excursions.

6. Baudelaire in the Department Store: Urban Living and Consumption.

7. The Breakthrough of Mechanical Reproduction.

8. Colonial Culture and European Identity.

9. Fin de Siècle: The End of a Century.

10. Conclusion: "Things to Come".

Notes.

Sources and Literature
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Neuzeit
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9780745643601
ISBN-10: 0745643604
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Salmi, Hannu
Hersteller: Polity Press
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 215 x 139 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Hannu Salmi
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2008
Gewicht: 0,248 kg
Artikel-ID: 101741296
Über den Autor
Hannu Salmi is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turku.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction.

1. Industrialization: Economy and Culture.

2. The Faustian Man: A Society in Motion.

3. From the Cult of Genius to Worship of Art.

4. On the Cultural History of Nationalism.

5. A Century of Family and Home: Daily Routines and Country Excursions.

6. Baudelaire in the Department Store: Urban Living and Consumption.

7. The Breakthrough of Mechanical Reproduction.

8. Colonial Culture and European Identity.

9. Fin de Siècle: The End of a Century.

10. Conclusion: "Things to Come".

Notes.

Sources and Literature
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Neuzeit
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 224 S.
ISBN-13: 9780745643601
ISBN-10: 0745643604
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Salmi, Hannu
Hersteller: Polity Press
John Wiley & Sons
Maße: 215 x 139 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Hannu Salmi
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2008
Gewicht: 0,248 kg
Artikel-ID: 101741296
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