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FRANCE HISTORY 19TH CENTURY
FRANCE HISTORY 1789-1815
FRANCE HISTORY 1848-1870
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Catherine Clerc: La caricature contre Napoléon. [Paris] : Editions Promodis, c1985. 319 p., ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. – YRL DC203.4 .C57 1985
Daumier, 1808-1879. Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, c1999. 599 p., ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cm. - Arts Library Oversize N6853 D3 A4 1999 *
Jules Séeberger: Jardins parisiens à la Belle Epoque. Paris : Monum, Editions du patrimoine, c2004.158 p. ill. ; 18 x 24 cm. - YRL
Les humoristes : 1830-1930/ préface de Jean-Pierre Dhainault. Paris : Editions de l'Amateur, c1999. 958 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm. - Arts Library NC1495 .H86 1999
Jacques Boudet: L'histoire de France par l'image / Jacques Boudet; préf.d'Arthur Conte. [Paris?] : Bordas, 1982.3 v. ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm. Contents: v. 1. Des origines à Louis XIII -- v. 2. De Louis XIV à la Révolution de 1848 -- v. 3. De Napoléon III à nos jours.- SRLF and YRL Stacks Oversize DC38 .B683 1982 *
Paris fashions of the 1890s : a picture source book with 350 designs, including 24 in full color / edited by Stella Blum. New York : Dover, 1984. 88 p., [8] p. of plates, chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm. - Arts Library Oversize GT887 .P27 1984 *
Atlas historique de la France. Préface de Pierre Miguel. [Paris] : Plon, c1985. 150 p. col. Maps; 30cm. - SRLF and YRL Stacks Oversize G1844.21.S1.A8 1985 *
Historical Atlas. The Development of Europe’s Modern States
The films listed are available at commercial rental companies.
The French Revolution 2004
Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France 1997
The Battle of Austerlitz 1960. An epic production with an international cast (Claudia Cardinale, Orson Welles, Vittorio de Sica, Jean-Louis Trintignant). English dubbed. 118 minutes.
La Belle Helène 2000. Offenbach's three-act opera satirically depicting the social customes of the Parisian upper classes during the Second Empire (with Felicity Lott, Francoise Le Roux, Michel Senechal and Yann Beuron). French with English subtitles, 126 minutes.
La Bohème 1982. Opera set in the middle of the 19th century in Paris. 141min, Franco Zefirelli production of Puccini’s work with the Metropolitan Opera.
Colonel Chabert 1992. From the novel by Honore de Balzac. (Features Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini and Andre Dussollier). French with English subtitles, 111 minutes.
Cousin Bette 1998. Satire based on the writings of Honor de Balzac. (Features Jessica Lange, Hugh Laurie, Elisabeth Shue).
Germinal 1994. Based on the 1884 novel by Emile Zola. This film tells the story of coal miners in Northern France in the 19th Century. Features Gerard Depardieu, Renaud, Judith Henry.) In French with English subtitles, 160 minutes Gervaise 1992. Adaptation of Zola’s L’Assomoire (with Maria Schell and François Perier). 116 minutes.
Jean Renoir: French Can-can 1956. About the opening of the night-club Moulin Rouge. (Features Jean Gabin, includes a cameo by the famous chanson singer Edith Piaf.) 102 minutes.
The Life of Emile Zola 1937. About Zola’s friendship with Paul Cezanne, and the infamous Dreyfus affair. (Paul Muni, Vladimir Sokoloff, Joseph Schildkraut) 116 minutes.
Madame Bovary 1991. Adaptation of the Gustave Flaubert novel by Director Claude Chabrol. (Features Isbelle Huppert) 160 minutes. There are several earlier adaptations, e.g. by Jean Renoir 1933, Vincente Minnelli 1949.
Napoleon 1955. Orson Welles, Maria Schell, Yves Montand, and Erich fon Stroheim star in this biography of Napoleon. 115 minutes.
Liberty, Fraternity, Equality – Exploring the French Revolution
Balzac’s Paris – A Guided Tour
WebMuseum Paris History
Napoleon
Georges Haussmann
Marx Engels Image Library
Marx and Engels’ Writings
The Siege and Commune of Paris 1870-1871
Online Resources 19th Century France
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