The Modern Woman Revisited: Paris Between the Wars - Rutgers University Press 2003 - Softcover Nonfiction - Perfect for History Enthusiasts & Paris Culture Studies

Chadwick, Whitney, et al. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 2003.

English, Near Fine, SC, 8vo, 10" x 7", 259 pp.

ISBN: 0813532922

Black and silver pictorial perfect bound, featuring 1927 photograph "The Modern Woman" by George Hoyningen-Huene for Vogue to front, white and black lettering to front, back, and spine, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings and text-block. 259 pp., replete with black-and-white photographs, Introduction and essays by Whitney Chadwick and Tirza True Latimer, four parts including essays by Tyler Stovall, Bridget Elliott, Isabelle de Courtivron, Mary Louise Roberts, Paula Birnbaum, Tag Gronberg, Carolyn Allen, Jennifer Shaw, Joe Lucchesi, Theresa Leininger-Miller, Amy Lyford, Appendix: The Napoleonic Civil Code of 1804, Bibliography, Notes on Contributors, and Index. From back panel: "In this book, and internationally recognized roster of art historians, literary critics, and other scholars offers a nuanced portrait of what it meant to be a modern woman during this decisive period of modernism's development." Acquired from the private library of photorealist, Robert Bechtle and art historian, Whitney Chadwick.