Rebel Cities: Paris London And New York In The Age Of Revolution X Mike Rapport Abacus Αγγλικά Βιβλία History General Issues

London Paris And New York In The Eighteenth Century As Today Were Places Where Political Authority Commerce Money Art Intellectual Life Intersected They Straddled An Atlantic World Ships Powered By Nothing More Than Wind Currents Human Muscle Criss-Crossed Sea Carrying With Them Goods Ideas Above All People: Men Women Bewigged Aristocrats Lawyers Rough-Handed Craftworkers Quill-Wielding Bluestockings Doughty Fishwives But Cities Also Home To Dangerous Criminals Corrupt Politicians­ - Slaves Rebel Explores Stormy Debate About Nature Of Nineteenth Centuries: Enlightenment Sparkling Wells Progress Civilisation Or Dens Vice Degeneracy Disorder? Against A Backdrop Accelerating Urban Expansion Revolution Both Europe North America Revolutionary Burghers These Extraordinary Expended Ink Paint Breath Sometimes Blood Their Struggle Understand Control Master Drawing On Hundreds Letters Travelogues Eye-Witness Accounts Mike Rapport Vividly Evokes Sights Sounds Smells Masterfully Weaving History Politics When Yorkers Parisians Experienced Went War Londoners Engaged Protest Underwent Whole Torrent Exhilaration Emotions Determining Character Through Inhabitants Well Architecture Topography Events That Shaped This Magnificent Book What It Was Like For Parts Society Live One Most Transformative Periods Σελίδες: 464 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1003 Διαστάσεις: 12 4X12 4Cm