The margins of city life explorations on the French urban frontier, 1815-1851
Focuses on the social margins of city life - the "faubourgs", or suburbs, where rural migrants and the labouring poor of French cities congregated in growing numbers in the first half of the 19th century. The text examines the cultural and social traditions which took root in these areas
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
1991, 1991
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Focuses on the social margins of city life - the "faubourgs", or suburbs, where rural migrants and the labouring poor of French cities congregated in growing numbers in the first half of the 19th century. The text examines the cultural and social traditions which took root in these areas |
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| Physical Description: | x, 318 p. ill., maps |
| ISBN: | 9780199854424 |