Scenes of Parisian Modernity

1. Introduction
H. Hazel Hahn

Section I. 1815–1848

2. Consumption as Urban Pleasure: The Rise of Modern Consumer Culture
H. Hazel Hahn

3. Paris, the Capital of Amusement, Fashion, and Modernity
H. Hazel Hahn

4. Fashion Discourses in Fashion Magazines and Delphine de Girardin’s Lettres Parisiennes
H. Hazel Hahn

5. Charlatanism or Modern Merchandising?: The Mentalités of Publicity and the Commercialization of Culture
H. Hazel Hahn

6. Puff Marries Advertising: Mechanization and Absurd Consumerism in J.-J. Grandville’s Un Autre Monde
H. Hazel Hahn

Section II. 1848–1914

7. Boulevard Culture, Consumption, and Spectacle
H. Hazel Hahn

8. Furnishing the Street: Urban Rationalization and Its Limits
H. Hazel Hahn

9. Consumer Technologies and Celebrity Culture
H. Hazel Hahn

10. The Modernity of Poster Art
H. Hazel Hahn

11. Le Courrier Français, Géraudel Cough Drops, and Advertising as Art
H. Hazel Hahn

12. Conclusion
H. Hazel Hahn

Keywords: History, History of France, European History, Cultural History, Modern History, Social History