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Transforming Paris: The Life and Labors of Baron Haussman Jordan, David P.
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- 9780029165317
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0029165318
ISBN-13
9780029165317
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20786
Product Key Features
Book Title
Transforming Paris : the Life and Labors of Baron Haussman
Number of Pages
455 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Europe / France, General
Publication Year
1995
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
31.1 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
94-030089
Reviews
John MerrimanYale UniversityWas Haussmann merely the "Alastian Attila," or was he a brilliant visionary who created modern Paris? In this elegant, beautifully written book, David Jordan evokes and assesses this controversial man and the great city., Francois FuretThe author writes about Paris as one who knows the city well, has spent years exploring it, and loves all the ages it represents and all of its streets. This is all wonderfully treated, in both a learned and readable fashion. This is a biography with many excellent qualities. It is, furthermore, a joy to read, cloaking its erudition with narrative elegance and simplicity.
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
307.1/216/092 B
Synopsis
The Paris we know today, with its grand boulevards, its bridges and parks, its monumental beauty, was essentially built in only seventeen years, in the middle of the nineteenth century. In this brief period, whole neighborhoods of medieval and revolutionary Paris -- over-crowded, dangerous, and filthy -- were razed, and from the rubble a modern city of light and air emerged. This triumphant rebuilding was chiefly the work of one man, Baron Georges Haussmann, Napoleon III's Prefect of the Seine.It was Haussmann's task to assert, in stone, the power and permanence of Paris, to show the world that it was the seat of an empire of mythic proportions. To this end, he imposed grand visual perspectives, as when he transformed Napoleon I's Arc de Triomphe into a magnificent twelve-armed star from which radiated the broadest boulevards of Europe. Below ground, his modern sewer system became one of the wonders of the civilized world, eagerly toured by royalty and commoners alike.Haussmann's mandate was not only to create an impression of grandeur but to secure the city for better control by government. By creating formal spaces where there had previously been a maze of chaotic streets, Haussmann opened Paris to effective police control and thwarted the recurrent demonstration of its well-known revolutionary fervor. The determined and autocratic Haussmann imprinted rational order and bourgeois civility on the unruly city which had for so long simmered with riot and insurrection.Though he planted chestnut trees, installed gas lights, rebuilt the water supply, and improved transportation and housing, Haussmann's labors were (and remain) controversial. He forced tens of thousands of the poor from the center of the city, and destroyed significant parts of old Paris. But in this important new biography David Jordan reminds us that Haussmann was not immune to the charms of the old city. By leaving some areas intact, the Baron achieved the grand effect of implanting a modern city boldly within an ancient one. Here, at last, Haussmann's labors are given the aesthetic as well as the historical appreciation they deserve., Looks at the controversial conversion of Paris from its medieval and revolutionary state to a modern city, and profiles the man responsible.
LC Classification Number
HT178.F72P345 1995
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