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biography of a city

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An edition of Paris (2005)

Paris

biography of a city

1st American ed.
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  • 1 Have read

'Paris is the World, the rest of the Earth is nothing but its suburbs' - MarivauxIn this intelligently-written and supremely entertaining new history, Colin Jones seeks to give a sense of the city of Paris as it was lived in and experienced over time. The focal point of generation upon generation of admirers and detractors, a source of attraction or repulsion even for those who have never been there, Paris has witnessed more extraordinary events than any other major city. No spot on earth has been more walked around, written about, discussed, painted and photographed. With an eye for the revealing, startling and (sometimes) horrible detail, Colin Jones takes the reader from Roman Paris to the present, recreating the ups and downs in the history of the city and its inhabitants. Attentive to both the urban environment and to the experience of those who lived within it, PARIS: BIOGRAPHY OF A CITY will be hugely enjoyed by habitual Paris obsessives, by first-time visitors, and by those who know the city only by repute.

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Viking
Language
English
Pages
566

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2009, Penguin Group UK
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2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Introduction : An impossible history of Paris?
Paris-Lutetia (from earliest times to c. 1000)
'Queen of cities' (c. 1000-c. 1300)
The city adrift (c. 1300-c. 1480)
Paris reborn, Paris reformed (c. 1480-1594)
Grand siècle, great eclipse (1594-1715)
The kingless capital of Enlightenment (1715-89)
Revolution and empire (1789-1815)
Between Napoleons (1815-51)
Haussmannism and the city of modernity (1851-89)
The anxious spectacle (1889-1918)
Faded dreams, lost illusions (1918-45)
The remaking of Paris (1945-c. 1995)
Paris at a glance
Conclusion : Big projects in a bigger city (Paris in the twenty-first century)
Characteristic buildings
Maps
Glossary
Bibliographical guide

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-524) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
944/.361
Library of Congress
DC707 .J66 2005, DC707.J66 2005

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xxv, 566 p.
Number of pages
566
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17921721M
Internet Archive
parisbiographyof00jone
ISBN 10
0670033936
ISBN 13
9780670033935
LCCN
2004053608
OCLC/WorldCat
56526397
Library Thing
306824
Goodreads
1293982

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