The Fin-de-siècle world

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This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated collection of essays conveys a vivid picture of a fascinating and hugely significant period in history, the Fin de Siècle. Featuring contributions from over forty international scholars, this book takes a thematic approach to a period of huge upheaval across all walks of life, and is truly innovative in examining the Fin de Siècle from a global perspective. The volume includes pathbreaking essays on how the period was experienced not only in Europe…

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Full title :The Fin-de-siècle world / edited by Michael Saler.

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This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated collection of essays conveys a vivid picture of a fascinating and hugely significant period in history, the Fin de Siècle. Featuring contributions from over forty international scholars, this book takes a thematic approach to a period of huge upheaval across all walks of life, and is truly innovative in examining the Fin de Siècle from a global perspective. The volume includes pathbreaking essays on how the period was experienced not only in Europe and North America, but also in China, Japan, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, India, and else.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxi, 761 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317604815, 1317604814, 1322327858, 9781322327853, 9781315748115, 1315748118, 9781317604792, 1317604792, 9781317604808, 1317604806, 9781138616448, 1138616443
oclc:ocn896794380
LC Classification:CB415
Dewey Decimal:909.81

PART I: OVERVIEWS; 1. Global literatures of Decadence; 2. The city and urban life; 3. The second industrial revolution; 4. The modernity of the fin de siècle; 5. Changing concepts and experiences of time and space -- PART II: PLACES; 6. France; 7. Britain; 8. Central Europe; 9. Russia; 10. Italy; 11. Spain; 12. The United States; 13. Canada; 14. Latin America; 15. Did China have a fin de siècle?; 16. Japan; 17. The Middle East; 18. India; 19. Africa -- PART III: POLITICS IN A NEW KEY; 20. The new nationalism; 21. The New Imperialism; 22. The New Politics of 'Higher Individualism' -- PART IV: MASS CULTURE; 23. Publishing; 24. Transports of speed; 25. Consumer culture and advertising -- PART V: DISCIPLINES; 26. The universities and the human sciences; 27. Philosophy; 28. The "new physics"; 29. Biology and eugenics; 30. Psychology and psychiatry; 31. Medicine -- PART VI: SELFHOOD; 32. Gender and sexuality; 33. Race and ethnicity -- PART VII: RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY; 34. Secularism/atheism/agnosticism; 35. The Jewish fin de siècle; 36. Christianity; 37. Islam; 38. 2444 AN: Buddhism; 39. New Age fin de siècle -- PART VIII: AESTHETICS; 40. Music and the Gesamtkunstwerk; 41. The visual…

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Civilisation -- 19e siècle Civilization, Modern Civilization, Modern -- 19th century Dix-neuvième siècle Fin de siècle Gesellschaft Histoire -- 19e siècle HISTORY -- Modern HISTORY -- Modern -- 19th Century HISTORY -- World Kultur Nineteenth century