The spectacle of nature : landscape and bourgeois culture in nineteenth century France / Nicholas Green.

Main entry:

Green, Nicholas, 1954-

Title & Author:

The spectacle of nature : landscape and bourgeois culture in nineteenth century France / Nicholas Green.

Publication:

Description:

ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Explores the perception of nature in early 19th-century France. The book centres on a discussion of subjectivity and class and the way in which the process of looking at the countryside reinforced the identity of the metropolitan bourgeoisie - and especially men.

ISBN:

0719028434
9780719028434
0719039096
9780719039096

Subject:

Paris
Cities and towns France History 19th century.
City planning France History 19th century.
City Planning France History 19th century.
Landscape history 19th century
Urbanisme França Història s.XIX.
Paisatge França Història s.XIX.
Villes France Histoire 19e siècle.
Urbanisme France Histoire 19e siècle.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Bürgertum
Natur
Stadt
Stadtplanung
France
Frankreich
Paris (France) City planning 19th century.
France Urbanisation, history

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76083
Call No.: ID:92-B404
Status: Available

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