Mary Mcauliffe: Paris, City of Dreams | Buch

Cover: 9781538121283 | Paris, City of Dreams | Mary Mcauliffe | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch

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"Armchair historians in particular will appreciate McAuliffe's readable yet detailed history supplemented with illustrations and bibliography." Booklist, Starred Review • This book traces the profound transformation of the City of Light during Napoléon III's Second Empire, as he and Georges Haussmann completely rebuilt Paris in less than two decades.

Über den Autor

Mary McAuliffe received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland and has taught at several universities and lectured at the Smithsonian Institution. For many years she was a regular contributor to Paris Notes. She has traveled extensively in France and is the author of Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends. She lives in New York City with her husband.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Map of Paris, 1860-1870

Introduction

Chapter 1 From Barricades to Bonaparte (1848-1851)

Chapter 2 Blood and Empire (1852)

Chapter 3 Enter Haussmann (1853)

Chapter 4 A Nonessential War (1854)

Chapter 5 A Queen Visits (1855)

Chapter 6 What Goes Up . . . (1856-1857)

Chapter 7 More and More (1858)

Chapter 8 Dreams of Glory (1859)

Chapter 9 Suddenly Larger (1860)

Chapter 10 Turning Point (1861)

Chapter 11 Les Misérables de Paris (1862)

Chapter 12 Scandal (1863-1864)

Chapter 13 Death and Taxes (1865)

Chapter 14 Crisis (1866)

Chapter 15 A Setting Sun (1867)

Chapter 16 Twenty Years Later (1868)

Chapter 17 Haussmann in Trouble (1869)

Chapter 18 Finale (1870)

Chapter 19 An End and a Beginning (1870-1871)

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9781538121283
ISBN-10:	153812128X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Mcauliffe, Mary
Hersteller:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	235 x 157 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	Mary Mcauliffe
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.07.2020
Gewicht:	0,65 kg