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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| Online Access: | Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. |
| Series: | OUP E-Books.
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| 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: | 1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-304) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195362411 0195362411 1280524979 9781280524974 9786610524976 6610524971 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |