Paris The Biography of a City

Name: Paris The Biography of a City
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ISBN: 9780143036715

ISBN-10: 0143036718

ISBN-13: 9780143036715

Edition: 2006

Authors: Colin Jones

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From the Roman Emperor Julian, who waxed rhapsodic about Parisian wine and figs, to Henry Miller, who relished its seductive bohemia, Paris has been a perennial source of fascination for 2,000 years. In this definitive and illuminating history, Colin Jones walks us through the city that was a plague-infested charnel house during the Middle Ages, the bloody epicenter of the French Revolution, the muse of nineteenth- century Impressionist painters, and much more. Joness masterful narrative is enhanced by numerous photographs and feature boxeson the Bastille or Josephine Baker, for instancethat complete a colorful and comprehensive portrait of a place that has endured Vikings, Black Death, and…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/4/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.41" long x 1.29" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction: An Impossible History of Paris?



Paris-Lutetia (from earliest times to c. 1000)


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The Arenes de Lutece



A Parisian Child



Saint Genevieve



'Queen of Cities' (c. 1000-c. 1300)


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Saint-Denis



The Philip Augustus Wall



Robert de Sorbon



The City Adrift (c. 1300-c. 1480)


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Montfaucon



The Parvis of Notre-Dame



Francois Villon



Paris Reborn, Paris Reformed (c. 1480-1594)


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The Louvre



The River Bievre



Henry III



Grand Siecle, Great Eclipse (1594-1715)


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The Pont Neuf



Madame de Sevigne



The Cour des Miracles



The Kingless Capital of Enlightenment (1715-89)


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The Cafe Procope



Rose Bertin



Rue Mouffetard



Revolution and Empire (1789-1815)


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Philippe-Egalite, duc d'Orleans



The Grand Vefour



The Catacombs



Between Napoleons (1815-51)


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Rue Transnonain



Victor Hugo



The Arcades



Haussmannism and the City of Modernity (1851-89)


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Felice Orsini



The Mur des Federes



The Eiffel Tower



The Anxious Spectacle (1889-1918)


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Alphand



Ilot insalubre numero 16



Sacre-Coeur of Montmartre



Faded Dreams, Lost Illusions (1918-45)


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Josephine Baker



The Vespasiennes



The Vel' d'Hiv



The Remaking of Paris (1945-c. 1995)


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The Metro in Zazie



The 'Algerian Bridge'



The Marais


Paris at a Glance


Conclusion: Big Projects in a Bigger City (Paris in the Twenty-first Century)


Characteristic Buildings


Maps


Glossary


Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliographical Guide


List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Index