Nuits de Beyrouth parLe Traqueur De Source Scientifiques 21 juin 2024 This geography of nightlife in Beirut goes beyond the cliché of the endless and wild nights of the Lebanese capital, to study spaces of festive sociability, the practices of actors producing and frequenting this world on a daily basis, and the associated representations. In this article, Marie Bonte explores issues related to the playful uses of the night along with…
Des champs aux cuisines parLe Traqueur De Source Scientifiques 22 juin 2024 This book on the subject of paid domestic service in mid-19th to mid-20th century France focuses specifically on the Rhône and Loire region. Based on a Ph.D. thesis in labour history, this work examines, through a feminist lens, the creation of the “domestic worker” category both by the State and the employer class as a preferred means of exploiting women…
Vauban, architecte de la modernité ? parLe Traqueur De Source Scientifiques 21 juin 2024 The work of Vauban (1633-1707) can be seen as an essential contribution to the construction of modernity, understood as the period when rationality, in the various fields in which it was invested, came to occupy a predominant place. It is this modernity in Vauban's work that is examined here, both in its political and economic form, where it takes its…