The French Riviera : a cultural history /
"We all have our image of the French Riviera: the azure blue of the sea and the swimming pools; the dark green of the pines and the swaying palms; the yachts and the sports cars on the Corniche roads; the hovering croupiers raking in the chips in the Monte Carlo casino. And all these are true....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Landscapes of the imagination.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Paradise imagined
- Via Aurelia : the Roman Riviera
- A paradise at war : the Riviera as battleground
- A dynastic record : Monaco and the Grimaldis
- Snobs, consumptives, and penpushers : the British
- Roubles and roulette : the Russians
- An azure dream : the Americans
- Natives and neighbours : the French
- Finding the light : art, music, and cinema on the Riviera
- Building the dream : religious and secular architecture
- Eden tamed : the art of cultivation
- Hilltops and islands : tall stories from the back country.