How Paris became Paris : the invention of the modern city
DeJean, Joan E.2015
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At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we know today. Though most people associate the signature characteristics of Paris with the public works of the nineteenth century, Joan DeJean demonstrates that the Parisian model for urban space was in fact invented two centuries earlier, when the first complete design for the French capital was drawn up and implemented.
Main title:
How Paris became Paris : the invention of the modern city / Joan DeJean.
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Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
Collation:
320 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781620407684 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
533586