| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xxv, 566 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-524) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Paris-Lutetia (from earliest times to c. 1000). The Arènes de Lutèce ; A Parisian child ; Saint Geneviève -- 2. 'Queen of cities' (c. 1000-c. 1300). Saint-Denis ; The Philip Augustus Wall ; Robert de Sorbon -- 3. The city adrift (c. 1300-c. 1480). Montfaucon ; The Parvis of Notre-Dame -- François Villon -- 4. Paris reborn, Paris reformed (c. 1480-1594). The Louvre ; The River Bièvre ; Henry III -- 5. Grand siècle, great eclipse (1594-1715). The Pont Neuf ; Madame de Sévigné ; The Cour des miracles -- 6. The kingless capital of Enlightenment (1715-89). The Café Procope ; Rose Bertin ; Rue Mouffetard -- 7. Revolution and empire (1789-1815). Philippe-Égalité, duc d'Orléans ; The grand Vé́́four ; The catacombs -- 8. Between Napoleons (1815-51). Rue Transnonain ; Victor Hugo ; The arcades -- 9. Haussmannism and the city of modernity (1851-89) . Felice Orsini ; The Mur des Féderés ; the Eiffel Tower -- 10. The anxious spectacle (1889-1918). Alphand ; Îlot unsalubre numéro 16 ; Sacré-Coeur of Montmartre -- 11. Faded dreams, lost illusions (1918-45). Josephine Baker ; The Vespasiennes ; The Vél' d'Hiv -- 12. The remaking of Paris (1945-c. 1995). The Métro in Zazie ; The 'Algerian Bridge' ; The Marais -- Paris at a glance -- Conclusion : Big projects in a bigger city (Paris in the twenty-first century). |
| Subject |
Paris (France) -- History.
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| ISBN |
0670033936 alkaline paper |
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