Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s
| Book | Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 2016 |
| Author | Anne Sebba |
| Photo Credit | Roger-Viollet, Keystone-France / Gamma Keystone, Getty Images |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Copyright | 2016 |
| Pages / Font | 451 pages |
| Barcode | 9781780226613 |
| ISBN | 978-1-78022-661-3 |
| Chapters | Map of Wartime France xv
Cast xvii
Prologue: Les Parisiennes xxv
PART ONE: WAR
1 1939: Paris on the Edge 3
2 1940: Paris Abandoned 35
3 1941: Paris Divided 71
4 1942: Paris Ravaged 111
5 1943: Paris Trembles 153
6 1944: (January-June) Paris Awaits 193
PART TWO; LIBERATION
7 1944: (June-December) Paris Shorn 223
8 1945: Paris Returns 243
9 1946: Paris Adjusts 283
PART THREE: RECONSTRUCTION
10 1947: Paris Looks Newish 317
11 1948-1949 Paris Americanized 339
Epilogue: Peacetime Paris 363
Notes 388
Bibliography 411
Acknowledgements 423
List of Illustrations 426
Index 430 Map of Wartime France xv
Cast xvii
Prologue: Les Parisiennes xxv
PART ONE: WAR
1 1939: Paris on the Edge 3
2 1940: Paris Abandoned 35
3 1941: Paris Divided 71
4 1942: Paris Ravaged 111
5 1943: Paris Trembles 153
6 1944: (January-June) Paris Awaits 193
PART TWO; LIBERATION
7 1944: (June-December) Paris Shorn 223
8 1945: Paris Returns 243
9 1946: Paris Adjusts 283
PART THREE: RECONSTRUCTION
10 1947: Paris Looks Newish 317
11 1948-1949 Paris Americanized 339
Epilogue: Peacetime Paris 363
Notes 388
Bibliography 411
Acknowledgements 423
List of Illustrations 426
Index 430 Show all ▾ |