Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris

Name: Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris
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ISBN: 9780691655406

ISBN-10: 0691655405

ISBN-13: 9780691655406

Edition: 1958

Authors: David H. Pinkney

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In the two decades between 1850 and 1870 Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine, Baron Haussmann, created the modern city of Paris out of the congested and ill-equipped capital of the 18th century. They gave Paris many of its present major streets, its great municipal parks, the Central Markets, the Opera House and other well-known buildings, as well as a water supply system and a network of sewers that still serve the city. The various factors of the venture: the city's rapidly increasing population, the challenging engineering problems, the political complications, and the clash of personalitites involved are here considered. The author presents the whole undertaking in the perspective…

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 1958
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/29/2019
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 7.09" wide x 9.92" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English