The Viennese café and fin-de-siècle culture /

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The Trans-Mississippi and International Expositions of 1898-1899 : art, anthropology, and popular culture at the fin de siècle /

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Argentine, Mexican, and Guatemalan photography : feminist, queer, and post-masculinist perspectives / by Foster, David William

Table of Contents: “…Woman, Prostitution, and Modernity in Fin-de-siècle Mexico -- 4 . Buenos Aires and Women in Crisis: The Photography of Silvina Frydlewsky -- 5. …”
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Business of beauty : gender and the body in modern London / by Clark, Jessica P.

Table of Contents: “…Female Enterprise at the Fin-de-Siècle: Jeannette Pomeroy -- 7. From Beauty Culturist to Beauty Magnate: Helena Rubinstein -- Epilogue -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Lifted : a cultural history of the elevator / by Bernard, Andreas, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; The History of Technology: New York, 1854; Inventing the Multistory Building; Accidents; 1 THE BREACH THROUGH THE BUILDING: ORGANIZING THE VERTICAL; A Theory of the Elevator Shaft; Architectures of Linearity; The Void between Floors; 2 FROM ATTIC TO PENTHOUSE: THE VERTICAL HIERARCHY OF BUILDINGS; Grand Hotels; Garret Rooms, 1839: Poor Poets and Eloping Couples; The Hygienists' Battle against the Tenement House; The Semantics of the Attic around the Fin de Siècle; Penthouses, Roof Gardens, and the Executive Suite; 3 CONTROLS.…”
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