When Paris sizzled
Subtitle: the 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and their friends
By: Mary McAuliffe
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9781442253322
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Arts; Social life and customs; Intellectual life; Authors; Influence; Social change; Artists; Intellectuals; Biography; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Map of Paris, 1918-1929; title: Out of darkness (1918); title: Going forward (1918-1919); title: Versailles and victory (1919); title: Making way for the new (1919-1920); title: Les années folles (1920); title: Weddings, breakups, and other affairs (1921); title: The lost generation (1922); title: A death in Paris (1923); title: Americans in Paris (1924); title: You've come a long way from St. Louis (1925); title: All that jazz (1926); title: Sophisticated lady (1927); title: Cocktails, Darling? (1928); title: The bubble bursts (1929).