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001 2013002629
003 DLC
005 20131022080139.0
008 130124s2013 nyuab 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013002629
020 $a9780312626891 (hardback)
020 $z9781250021663 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHT169.F72$bP366155 2013
082 00 $a307.1/216094436109034$223
084 $aHIS013000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKirkland, Stephane.
245 10 $aParis reborn :$bNapoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the quest to build a modern city /$cStephane Kirkland.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2013.
300 $avi, 327 pages :$billustrations (some color), color maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"An engrossing account of Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and one of the greatest transformations of a major city in modern history Traditionally known as a dirty, congested, and dangerous city, Paris was transformed in an extraordinary period from 1848 to 1870, when the government launched a huge campaign to build streets, squares, parks, churches, and public buildings. The Louvre Palace was expanded, Notre-Dame Cathedral was restored and the masterpiece of the Second Empire, the Opéra Garnier, was built. A very large part of what we see when we visit Paris today originates from this short span of twenty-two years. The vision for the new Paris belonged to Napoleon III, who had led a long and difficult climb to absolute power. But his plans faltered until he brought in a civil servant, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, to take charge of the implementation. Heedless of controversy, at tremendous cost, Haussmann pressed ahead with the giant undertaking until, in 1870, his political enemies brought him down, just months before the collapse of the whole regime brought about the end of an era. Paris Reborn is a must-read for anyone who ever wondered how Paris, the city universally admired as a standard of urban beauty, became what it is"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Traditionally known as a dirty, congested, and dangerous city, Paris was transformed in an extraordinary period from 1848 to 1870, when the government launched a huge campaign to build streets, squares, parks, churches, and public buildings. The Louvre Palace was expanded, Notre-Dame Cathedral was restored and the masterpiece of the Second Empire, the Opéra Garnier, was built. A very large part of what we see when we visit Paris today originates from this short span of twenty-two years. The vision for the new Paris belonged to Napoleon III, who had led a long and difficult climb to absolute power. But his plans faltered until he brought in a civil servant, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, to take charge of the implementation. Heedless of controversy, at tremendous cost, Haussmann pressed ahead with the giant undertaking until, in 1870, his political enemies brought him down, just months before the collapse of the whole regime brought about the end of an era. Paris Reborn is a must-read for anyone who ever wondered how Paris, the city universally admired as a standard of urban beauty, became what it is"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aCity planning$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y19th century.
600 10 $aHaussmann, Georges Eugène,$cbaron,$d1809-1891.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / France.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/891/9780312626891/image/lgcover.9780312626891.jpg