[DOC] Def Jam; Inc.: Russell Simmons; Rick Rubin; and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Inf by Stacy Gueraseva in Arts-Photography

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A humiliating military defeat by Bismarcks Germany; a brutal siege; and a bloody uprisingmdash;Paris in 1871 was a shambles; and the question loomed; "Could this extraordinary city even survive?" With the addition of an evocative new preface; Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to these perilous years following the abrupt collapse of the Second Empire and Frances uncertain venture into the Third Republic. By 1900; Paris had recovered and the Belle Epoque was in full flower; but the decades between were difficult; marked by struggles between republicans and monarchists; the Republic and the Church; and an ongoing economic malaise; darkened by a rising tide of virulent anti-Semitism. Yet these same years also witnessed an extraordinary blossoming in art; literature; poetry; and music; with the Parisian cultural scene dramatically upended by revolutionaries such as Monet; Zola; Rodin; and Debussy; even while Gustave Eiffel was challenging architectural tradition with his iconic tower. Through the eyes of these pioneers and others; including Sarah Bernhardt; Georges Clemenceau; Marie Curie; and Ceacute;sar Ritz; we witness their struggles with the forces of tradition during the final years of a century hurtling towards its close. Through rich illustrations and vivid narrative; McAuliffe brings this vibrant and seminal era to life.