Introduction: What Is Old Is New Again

Through a variety of disciplinary lenses, this innovative forum, coedited with Victoria Thompson, investigates a particular cultural space and time, namely the emergence of proto–roller coasters known as montagnes russes or “Russian mountains” in Paris in 1817. Peggy Davis, Sun-Young Park, and Chris...

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Published inHistorical reflections Vol. 44; no. 3; p. 1
Main Author Horn, Jeff
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Waterloo Berghahn Books, Inc 22.12.2018
Subjects
Modernity
Noncitizens
Park, Sun-Young
Parks
Roller coasters
Time
France
United Kingdom
Russia
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Summary:Through a variety of disciplinary lenses, this innovative forum, coedited with Victoria Thompson, investigates a particular cultural space and time, namely the emergence of proto–roller coasters known as montagnes russes or “Russian mountains” in Paris in 1817. Peggy Davis, Sun-Young Park, and Christine Haynes depict the early years of the Restoration (1814/1815–1830) as a liminal moment in the emergence of modernity. Although this forum began as a panel at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies, the authors have extended and improved their pieces significantly. Taken together, they show that as foreigners flocked to Paris and the French adjusted to diminished circumstances in the aftermath of Napoleon’s second defeat, identities were in flux. This forum explores how and why the montagnes russes became such a cultural phenomenon and suggests their role in forging a new French identity in the wake of war and revolution.
ISSN:0315-7997
1939-2419
DOI:10.3167/hrrh.2018.440301