Mary Gluck, Popular Bohemia. Modernism and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris, Cambridge/London, Harvard University Press, 2005, 224 p. ISBN : 0-674-01530-4. 24, 95 livres sterling.

Le titre est relativement trompeur. Près de dix-neuf ans après la parution de l’ouvrage de Jerrold Seigel sur la culture de la bohème dans le Paris du xixe siècle, on pourrait penser que Mary Gluck, professeur d’histoire et de la littérature comparée à la Brown University, propose une relecture du même objet . Il s’agit en fait d’une histoire culturelle du modernisme à travers les générations et les courants de la bohème parisienne, des années 1830 à la veille de la Première guerre mondiale. ..

Catherine NESCI, Le flâneur et les flâneuses. Les femmes et la ville à l’époque romantique

Rendre compte d’une recherche dont on connaît, avant même la publication, les approches et les contenus en affecte la perception. L’auteure était déjà une spécialiste de la littérature et des écrivaines françaises du XIXe siècle quand, à la suite d’une invitation, elle dirigea un séminaire de maîtrise consacré aux Parisiennes de 1830 à 1880 pendant une année à l’université Paris VII. L’étudiant que j’étais se souvient de l’enthousiasme, de la précision et de la finesse que manifestait Catheri..

Mary Gluck, Popular Bohemia. Modernism and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris, Cambridge/London, Harvard University Press, 2005, 224 p. ISBN : 0-674-01530-4. 24, 95 livres sterling.

Le titre est relativement trompeur. Près de dix-neuf ans après la parution de l’ouvrage de Jerrold Seigel sur la culture de la bohème dans le Paris du xixe siècle, on pourrait penser que Mary Gluck, professeur d’histoire et de la littérature comparée à la Brown University, propose une relecture du même objet . Il s’agit en fait d’une histoire culturelle du modernisme à travers les générations et les courants de la bohème parisienne, des années 1830 à la veille de la Première guerre mondiale. ..

7. Fallait-il être un aristocrate déclassé pour fonder Le Figaro ?

Réfléchir à ce qui fait la singularité d’un journaliste mort il y a cent trente ans n’a rien d’évident. Nous nous prêterons pourtant ici à cet exercice au sujet du fondateur du Figaro, Jean Hippolyte Auguste Delaunay de Villemessant. Quelques repères, dont certains moins mal assurés que d’autres, permettent de « résumer » en peu de mots ce que fut son existence. À propos de son enfance, nous savons qu’il est né à Rouen en 1810, dans une famille de vieille noblesse, et qu’il a été élevé, après..

Seasonal demography of different black rat (Rattus rattus) populations under contrasting natural habitats in Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean).

12 pagesInternational audienceThe black rat (Rattus rattus) is one of the most widespread rodents on islands worldwide, introduced over the last five centuries. However, reliable information concerning how biotic or abiotic factors influence key parameters of black rat population biology in insular contexts is currently unavailable. Here we aim to document the relative abundance of rat populations and evaluate how the age structure and the body mass of adult individual vary seasonally in different forest environments under contrasting climatic conditions. Rats were captured during wet and dry seasons in 2017–2018 at one or two sites in each of the four natural forested environments of Guadeloupe, all of which experience widely different annual rainfall (semi-deciduous dry forest, seasonal evergreen forest, mountain rainforest and Pterocarpus officinalis swamp forest). A total of 171 black rats were captured during a 1018 trap-night effort. Overall capture results confirm this species to thrive in all the natural forested environments we investigated. With the exception of the P. officinalis swamp forest, black rat populations reach higher relative abundances during the wet season due to juvenile and sub-adult recruitment at the end of the dry season. In contrast, in the P. officinalis swamp forest, breeding activity continues during both seasons and relative rat abundance appears to fluctuate less seasonally. The relative abundance of adult black rats is also higher in the seasonal semi-evergreen and rainforests that experience little or no water stress. These contexts therefore appear the most favourable for sustaining black rat populations, a pattern that is most likely connected to a combination of climatic and/or edaphic parameters that condition the year-round availability and abundance of food resources

Original Basic Activation for Enhancing Silica Particle Reactivity: Characterization by Liquid Phase Silanization and Silica-Rubber Nanocomposite Properties

Silica fillers are used in various nanocomposites in combination with silanes as a reinforcing filler. In tire technology, silica is generally functionalized before (pre-treated) or during mixing (in-situ silanization or post-treated). In both cases, a soft base catalyst (e.g., triethylamine or diphenyl guanidine, DPG) is typically used to accelerate and increase the yield of the silane/silica coupling reaction. In this study, we investigated how pre-treatments of silica particles with either strong amine or hydride bases impact the silanization of silica prior to or during SBR mixing for silica-rubber nanocomposite fabrication. Our findings are supported by molecular characterization (solid state 29Si NMR, 1H NMR and TGA), and scanning electron microscopy. In addition, the impact of these silica pre-treatments on a nanocomposite’s mechanical properties was evaluated using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA)

The “Cayo” Site of Roseau: Ceramic, vertebrate and isotopic analysis of a Guadeloupe Late Ceramic archaeological assemblage

The Cayo archaeological deposits documenting the contact period between European and Amerindian populations before the colonization of the Lesser Antilles are rare. Among the few sites dated to this period, the site of Roseau, excavated by Gérard Richard in the early 2000s, remains poorly investigated, especially from a stratigraphic and zooarchaeological point of view. In this study, we performed 20 new radiocarbon datings on the collagen content of rodent dentin along with new studies of the ceramic and faunal assemblages of the site. The results indicate that the archaeological assemblage is mainly associated to the Late Troumassoid, with some admixture of Early Troumassoid and Cayo elements represented in various proportions in the whole stratigraphy. Despite these elements, a chronological trend appears preserved in the stratigraphy allowing for a research of behavioral change in subsistence pattern through time. Vertebrate faunal data indicate that the two Troumassoid layers we recognized document different subsistence strategies. Indeed, the earliest inhabitants of the site were more focused on the exploitation of aquatic resources than the latest ones who more significantly exploited terrestrial fauna, especially rodents and iguanas. Carbon and oxygen stable isotope analyses performed on fossil tooth enamel of rodents (Antillomys rayi) suggest that Amerindians hunted them in both dry and wet environments. Paleontological approaches also led to the discovery of several now-extinct taxa that were part of the Amerindian diet. Our investigations point to a strong chronological variability of subsistence behaviors and improve our understanding of the accumulation history of the site.Ecosystèmes insualires tropicaux : réponse de la biocénose animale terrestre à6 000 ans d'anthropisatio

The pre-Columbian site of Roseau (Guadeloupe, F. W. I.): intra-site chronological variability of the subsistence strategies in a Late Ceramic archaeological vertebrate assemblage

Evidence for chronological change in intra-site subsistence strategies is very rare in the Amerindian record of the Lesser Antilles. The study of the vertebrate assemblage from the archaeological site of Roseau in the Guadeloupe Islands underlines the complexity and variability of Ceramic Age Amerindian subsistence behavior. This study establishes a more precise chronology of the previously identified strata of the site, and demonstrates that the Contact period was only represented by rare archaeological artifacts dispersed in the stratigraphy. The results from this assemblage indicate that the earlier occupations of the site exhibit a more intensive exploitation of aquatic vertebrate resources compared to later occupations, which have a larger focus on terrestrial fauna, especially rodents and iguanas. This unusual pattern highlights how subsistence behaviors in the Lesser Antilles during the Late and Final Ceramic periods were highly variable. This new evidence of strong inter-site variability shows that the behaviors of Amerindians are not only dependent of large scale environmental conditions but are also influenced by more complex socio-cultural and local environmental parameters