| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 761 pages). |
| Series |
Routledge Worlds |
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Routledge worlds.
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| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF information screen (EBSCO, viewed December 10, 2014). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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 arts; 42. The cinema; 43. Scientific romance, fantasy and the supernatural; 44. Children's literature; 45. Realism. |
| Access |
Limited Users and Download Restrictions may Apply, VLEbooks 1 User Licence. Available using University of Exeter Username and Password. GB-UKExU |
| Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Nineteenth century.
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Civilization, Modern -- 19th century.
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History, Modern -- 19th century.
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HISTORY -- World.
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Civilization, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00863073
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History, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00958367
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Nineteenth century. (OCoLC)fst01037841
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Fin de siècle.
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Kultur.
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Gesellschaft.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Saler, Michael T., 1960- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fin-de-siècle world. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015 9780415674133 (DLC) 2014021725 (OCoLC)898086589 |
| ISBN |
9781317604815 (electronic book) |
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1317604814 (electronic book) |
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1322327858 (electronic book) |
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9781322327853 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
40024466782 |
| ISBN |
9781315748115 |
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1315748118 |
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9781317604792 |
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1317604792 |
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9781317604808 |
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1317604806 |
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9781138616448 |
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1138616443 |
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9780415674133 |
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0415674131 |
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