Engine of Modernity: The Omnibus and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Engine of modernity examines the connection between public transportation and popular culture in nineteenth-century Paris through a focus on the omnibus - a horse-drawn urban conveyance. The book introduces the omnibus as a key vector for understanding the intersection of urban and literary modernity in France.

Author: Masha Belenky
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 09/28/2021
Series: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781526160218