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Paris, City of Dreams : Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris  Cover Image Book Book

Paris, City of Dreams : Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris / Mary McAuliffe.

Summary:

"Traces the profound transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III's Second Empire, as he and Georges Haussmann completely rebuilt Paris in less than two decades."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781538121283
  • Physical Description: xii, 329 pages 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
From Barricades to Bonaparte (1848-1851) -- Blood and Empire (1852) -- Enter Haussmann (1853) -- A Nonessential War (1854) -- A Queen Visits (1855) -- What Goes Up . . . (1856-1857) -- More and More (1858) -- Dreams of Glory (1859) -- Suddenly Larger (1860) -- Turning Point (1861) -- Les Misérables de Paris (1862) -- Scandal (1863-1864) -- Death and Taxes (1865) -- Crisis (1866) -- A Setting Sun (1867) -- Twenty Years Later (1868) -- Haussmann in Trouble (1869) -- Finale (1870) -- An End and a Beginning (1870-1871).
Subject: Paris (France) > History > 1848-1870.
Urban renewal > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 > Influence.
Haussmann, Georges Eugène, baron, 1809-1891 > Influence.
Paris (France) > Social life and customs > 19th century.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Flora-Monroe Twp PL - Flora 944.36 MCA (Text) 50825010780194 Non-Fiction Available -
Porter County PL - Valparaiso Public Library 944.361 MCAUL (Text) 33410016636575 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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