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How Paris became Paris : the invention of the modern city / Joan DeJean.

How Paris became Paris : the invention of the modern city / Joan DeJean.
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944.361 DEJE
 Adult Non Fiction   Panania . . On Loan . 10 Jul 2024
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ISBN 9781608195916 (hardback)
1608195910 (hardback)
Name DeJean, Joan E. author.
Title How Paris became Paris : the invention of the modern city / Joan DeJean.
Edition First U.S. edition.
Published New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2014.
©2014
Description 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-275) and index.
Contents "Capital of the universe" -- The bridge where Paris became modern : the Pont Neuf -- "Light of the City of Light" : the Place des Vosges -- "Enchanted island" : the Île Saint-Louis -- City of revolution : the Fronde -- The open city : the boulevards, parks, and streets of Paris -- City of speed and light : city services that transformed urban life -- Capitale de la mode -- City of finance and new wealth -- City of romance -- Making the city visible : painting and mapping the transformation of Paris.
Summary In this compelling portrait of a city in transition, Joan DeJean shows that by 1700 Paris had become the capital that would transform forever our conception of the city and of urban life.
Subjects City planning -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century
Paris (France) -- History -- 17th century
Paris (France) -- Description and travel
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
Paris (France) -- Guidebooks -- History -- 17th century
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