The Thinking Space: The Café as a Cultural Institution in Paris, Italy and Vienna 1317014138, 9781317014133

Suicide as a Cultural Institution in Dostoevsky's Russia 9781501724602

In the popular and scientific imagination, suicide has always been an enigmatic act that defies, and yet demands, explan

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Modernism, Space and the City: Outsiders and Affect in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and London 9780748633494

Explores the crucial role played by the city in the construction of modernism This innovative book examines the develop

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History of the Oratorio: Vol. 1 - The Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Italy, Vienna, Paris [1] 0807812749, 9780807812747

Howard Smither has written the first definitive work on the history of the oratorio since Arnold Schering published his

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The City as a Work of Art – London, Paris, Vienna [1 ed.] 0300028709, 9780300028706

Examines public buildings and homes in ninteenth-century London, Paris, and Vienna, and explains how each city reflected

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The Belle Époque: A Cultural History, Paris and Beyond 9780231554381

The years before the First World War have long been romanticized as a zenith of French culture—the “Belle Époque.” Domin

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The Attitude of the Congress of Vienna Toward Nationalism in Germany, Italy, and Poland 9780231892018

Describes the Congress of Vienna during the fall of 1814 and their evaluation of German, Italian, and French nationalism

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Italy at the Paris Peace Conference 9780231884761

Traces the developments of the negotiations between the United States and Italy during the Paris Peace Conference that w

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Concert life in Haydn's Vienna: aspects of a developing musical and social institution 9780918728838

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Vienna : A Cultural History 9780199704545, 9780195376074

From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Hapsburgs, Vienna's fortunes swung betw

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Comical Modernity: Popular Humour and the Transformation of Urban Space in Late Nineteenth Century Vienna 9781789202748

Though long associated with a small group of coffeehouse elites around the turn of the twentieth century, Viennese “mode

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