19th Century Europe: A Cultural HistoryISBN: 978-0-7456-4359-5
Hardcover
224 pages
October 2008, Polity
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Acknowledgements vi
Introduction 1
1 Industrialization: Economy and Culture 12
2 The Faustian Man: A Society in Motion 29
3 From the Cult of Genius to Worship of Art 43
4 On the Cultural History of Nationalism 58
5 A Century of Family and Home: Daily Routines and Country Excursions 72
6 Baudelaire in the Department Store: Urban Living and Consumption 88
7 The Breakthrough of Mechanical Reproduction 99
8 Colonial Culture and European Identity 112
9 Fin de Siècle: The End of a Century 124
10 Conclusion: ‘Things to Come’ 140
Notes 148
Bibliography 165
Index 184