Dividing Paris: Urban Renewal and Social Inequality, 1852-1870

by Esther da Costa Meyer

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A groundbreaking work of scholarship that sheds critical new light on the urban renewal of Paris under Napoleon III

In the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III and his prefect, Georges-Eug?ne Haussmann, adapted Paris to the requirements of industrial capitalism, endowing the old city with elegant boulevards, enhanced water supply, modern sewers, and public greenery. Esther da Costa Meyer provides a major reassessment of this...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691162808

ISBN13:9780691162805

Release Date:February 2022

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:3.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 7.3" x 10.2"

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