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    remained culturally entrenched until the late nineteenth century, when women began to appear in public more often and also began to join alongside men in the work force. In the network of employees and employers in the emerging institution of the Parisian department store, men and women depended on each other for survival in the workplace. Such interdependence is a microcosm of the bourgeois French society during that time, which Emile Zola wrote of in The Ladies’ Paradise, the eleventh book of the

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    Mens Style Tips 101 : Ways to Gown Like A Parisian While literary romanticism and a deep sense of history remains in the air, Parisian males are carrying a more nonchalant, je ne sais quoi method to modern design. Les parisiens have today crafted a smooth mix of France's high-fashion origins-- believe Balmain, Saint Laurent and Dior Homme-- with beginner labels A.P.C, Ami and Maison Kitsuné. It's an ageless analysis of exactly what's stylish, keeping things sophisticated and easy. Simplifying

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    Demoran, Melanie WH 8 Sep, 2017 Essay The Parisians Storm of Bastille On July 14, 1789, Parisians were at the National Assembly meeting in Versailles. The Parisians were anxious after hearing about the rumor of royal troops going to occupy the capital. It was then that they went to the Bastille. They went to the Bastille and demanded weapons and gunpowder that they have believed was stored there. The Parisians stormed the Bastille and killed the commander and five other guards. After they killed

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    Parisian Sights and French Principles, seen through American Spectacles (1856), was written for an American audience by James Jackson Jarves during his time in Paris during 1851. The book is part of a larger series written by Jarves throughout his career to allow Americans to view the World outside of the United States. During this book he tries to compare the two sister Republics, and show how French Republicanism aligns with the American version. To Jarves’ dismay the two Republics are not as similar

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    This is the analysis of an extract from The Parisian Gentleman, an online publication addressed to the masculine public and specialised in classic clothing. This piece is titled ‘Of Aristocratic, Blue Blood and Old Money Style. The text starts with a brief introduction to the matter by explaining how the upper-class, in this instance only looking to old money and aristocrats. Jacomet gives key points and accurate references to certain codes used by them. The introduction is a clear declaration of

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    1. Why and how did Babette, a famous Parisian chef, come to live in Berlevaag, a remote fjord village in northern Norway? Please explain in necessary detail the circumstances that brought her there. On one rainy night in June of 1871, Christian sisters Martine and Philippa answered the door to find a pale and visibly exhausted woman who eventually collapses at their doorstep. She was carrying a letter from Achille Papin. Papin was a former suitor of Martine many years ago. The letter introduces her

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    causes of the Paris massacre in each of their accounts. In Diefendorf’s version, she chose to not only look at the contributions made by the King and Paris’s authorities to the massacre, but also at the relationship between the authorities and the Parisians themselves. There are multiple acknowledgments made

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    living in the rural areas surrounding Paris due to the lack of affordable housing in Paris. Therefore, the Parisian government is implementing a 60 percent surcharge on the preexistent residence tax, or taxe d’habitation targeting unoccupied, habitable Parisian homes to allow greater access to the benefits of living in Paris. The tax is intended to financially incentivize owners of unoccupied Parisian homes to lease or sell, alleviating the housing shortage.

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    the artists who defined her understanding of modern art. The paper discusses three of Pollock’s influences. The Influences Berthe Morisot was a 19th-century artist famous for using the impressionist style of art (Pollock 55). During her time, the Parisian women’s place was in the kitchen. Morisot defied the society’s order. Morisot made domestic subjects central to her art style (Pollock 56). She addressed spatial order in her murals, a feature of early modern painting where she used dimensional space

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    Parisians were convinced that everyday life could be transformed in the sensational. She first explains the “boulevard culture” as flanerie, which is aimless idle behavior (Schwartz 14). Routinely, this sort of behavior was publicized by the newspapers and depicted as a typical Parisian activity (Schwartz 15). This is demonstrated by the fashionable visits made by the public to the Paris Morgue

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