03065cam a2200325 4500 528738962 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781538112380 1538112388 B07DZQJJRP Amazon 14190c21-a9c8-4c74-98e2-03b4d32fdc89 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4155620 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib McAuliffe, Mary. Paris on the Brink [OverDrive] : The 1930s Paris of Jean Renoir, Salvador Dalí, Simone de Beauvoir, André Gide, Sylvia Beach, Léon Blum, and Their Friends. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018. 1930s paris. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 16MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 16MB. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>Paris on the Brink vividly portrays the City of Light during the tumultuous 1930s, from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to war and German Occupation. This was a dangerous and turbulent decade, during which workers flexed their economic muscle and their opponents struck back with increasing violence. As the divide between haves and have-nots widened, so did the political split between left and right, with animosities exploding into brutal clashes, intensified by the paramilitary leagues of the extreme right. Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini escalated the increasingly hazardous international environment, while the civil war in Spain added to the instability of the times.<br /> Yet throughout the decade, Paris remained at the center of cultural creativity. Major figures on the Paris scene, such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, André Gide, Marie Curie, Picasso, Stravinsky, and Coco Chanel continued to hold sway, in addition to Josephine Baker, Sylvia Beach, James Joyce, Man Ray, and Le Corbusier. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre could now be seen at their favorite cafés, while Jean Renoir, Salvador Dalí, and Elsa Schiaparelli came to prominence, along with France's first Socialist prime minister, Léon Blum.<br /> Despite the decade's creativity and glamour, it remained a difficult and dangerous time, and Parisians responded with growing nativism and anti-Semitism, while relying on their Maginot Line to protect them from external harm. Through rich illustrations and evocative narrative, Mary McAuliffe brings this extraordinary era to life.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=14190c21-a9c8-4c74-98e2-03b4d32fdc89&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=14190c21-a9c8-4c74-98e2-03b4d32fdc89&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=14190c21-a9c8-4c74-98e2-03b4d32fdc89&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)