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The house of fragile things : Jewish art collectors and the fall of France / James McAuley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McAuley, James K. (James Kelly), 1989- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--France--Social conditions--20th century.
- Jews.
- Art and society--France--History--20th century.
- Art and society.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- France.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction.
- Contents:
- Cover page
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Maps
- Genealogies
- INTRODUCTION A LETTER
- 1 PORTRAITS OF A MILIEU A JEWISH ELITE IN CRISIS
- 2 DREYFUS AND DRUMONT TOWARDS A MATERIAL ANTISEMITISM
- 3 'APOGEE OF THE ISRAE´LITE' JEWISH COLLECTORS AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
- 4 MOISE DE CAMONDO CHAOS AND CONTROL
- 5 THE´ODORE REINACHJ EWISH PAST, FRENCH FUTURE
- 6 BE´ATRICE E´PHRUSSI DE ROTHSCHILD A WOMAN COLLECTS
- 7 MUSEUMS OF MEMORY FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS TO NATIONAL BEQUESTS
- 8 TO THE END OF THE LINE DRANCY AND AUSCHWITZ
- 9 'LA PETITE IRE`NE' THE AFTERLIFE OF A PORTRAIT
- CONCLUSION A DEATH CERTIFICATE
- NOTES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-25254-4
- OCLC:
- 1244622360
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