City of Light: The Making of Modern Paris
Autor Rupert Christiansenen Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 oct 2018
A
sparkling
account
of
the
nineteenth-century
reinvention
of
Paris
as
the
most
beautiful,
exciting
city
in
the
world
In
1853,
French
emperor
Louis
Napoleon
inaugurated
a
vast
and
ambitious
program
of
public
works
in
Paris,
directed
by
Georges-Eugène
Haussmann,
the
prefect
of
the
Seine.
Haussmann
transformed
the
old
medieval
city
of
squalid
slums
and
disease-ridden
alleyways
into
a
"City
of
Light"
characterized
by
wide
boulevards,
apartment
blocks,
parks,
squares
and
public
monuments,
new
rail
stations
and
department
stores,
and
a
new
system
of
public
sanitation.City
of
Lightcharts
this
fifteen-year
project
of
urban
renewal
which--despite
the
interruptions
of
war,
revolution,
corruption,
and
bankruptcy--set
a
template
for
nineteenth
and
early
twentieth-century
urban
planning
and
created
the
enduring
landscape
of
modern
Paris
now
so
famous
around
the
globe.
Lively
and
engaging,City
of
Lightis
a
book
for
anyone
who
wants
to
know
how
Paris
became
Paris.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781541673397
ISBN-10: 1541673395
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 146 x 200 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 1541673395
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 146 x 200 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Rupert
Christiansenhas
been
writing
about
the
arts
for
theDaily
Telegraphsince
1996.
His
many
books
includePrima
Donna,Paris
Babylon,
andRomantic
Affinities,
which
received
the
Somerset
Maugham
Award.
A
fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Literature
since
1997,
he
teaches
at
Keble
College,
Oxford
and
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
"The
demolition
and
rebuilding
of
Paris
during
the
Second
Empire
was,
then
as
now,
a
subject
of
impassioned
disagreement....
[An]
astute,
gossipy
history."—New
Yorker
"Highly readable... Christiansen grounds Haussmann's story in the political turmoil of the times."—Wall Street Journal
"Witty, learned and informative...This little book will make you want to walk the expansive elegance of Paris, as well as its back streets, from one end to the other, seeking of French history in the sites it brings so vividly to life."—New York Times Book Review
"If you are heading for Paris...be sure to putCity of Lightin your bag...Rupert Christiansen's account of the destruction and rebuilding [of Paris] is masterly-vivid, dramatic...and ultimately tragic."—Sunday Times(UK)
"Good reading for all lovers of the City of Light."—Booklist(starred review)
"A concise yet admirably thorough account of the reinvention of one of the world's great cities...Engrossing."—Kirkus
"A valuable contribution to modern French and urban history."—Publishers Weekly
"Brisk, vivid, and unexpectedly stirring."—Mail on Sunday
"Christiansen writes about the streets he clearly loves with wit and élan...Christiansen's splendidly illustrated book made this homesick expat look at Paris with new eyes."—Times
"Elegant and gorgeously illustrated."—Irish Independent
"A history buff's must-bring Parisian travel companion."—France Magazine
"Detailed.... Christiansen...looks back over this time of major upheaval whose results can still be seen today."—France-Amérique
"In City of Light, Rupert Christiansen illuminates the tumultuous years of the Second Empire (1852-70) of Napoleon III who, in league with Parisian overlord, Baron Georges Haussmann, rewrote the script for what a modern city should be. Written deftly and with an unfailing eye for colorful detail,City of Lightoffers an insightful and heartfelt appreciation of the nineteenth-century origins of a world city."—Colin Jones,
"Highly readable... Christiansen grounds Haussmann's story in the political turmoil of the times."—Wall Street Journal
"Witty, learned and informative...This little book will make you want to walk the expansive elegance of Paris, as well as its back streets, from one end to the other, seeking of French history in the sites it brings so vividly to life."—New York Times Book Review
"If you are heading for Paris...be sure to putCity of Lightin your bag...Rupert Christiansen's account of the destruction and rebuilding [of Paris] is masterly-vivid, dramatic...and ultimately tragic."—Sunday Times(UK)
"Good reading for all lovers of the City of Light."—Booklist(starred review)
"A concise yet admirably thorough account of the reinvention of one of the world's great cities...Engrossing."—Kirkus
"A valuable contribution to modern French and urban history."—Publishers Weekly
"Brisk, vivid, and unexpectedly stirring."—Mail on Sunday
"Christiansen writes about the streets he clearly loves with wit and élan...Christiansen's splendidly illustrated book made this homesick expat look at Paris with new eyes."—Times
"Elegant and gorgeously illustrated."—Irish Independent
"A history buff's must-bring Parisian travel companion."—France Magazine
"Detailed.... Christiansen...looks back over this time of major upheaval whose results can still be seen today."—France-Amérique
"In City of Light, Rupert Christiansen illuminates the tumultuous years of the Second Empire (1852-70) of Napoleon III who, in league with Parisian overlord, Baron Georges Haussmann, rewrote the script for what a modern city should be. Written deftly and with an unfailing eye for colorful detail,City of Lightoffers an insightful and heartfelt appreciation of the nineteenth-century origins of a world city."—Colin Jones,
author
ofParis:
Biography
of
a
City
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An account of the reinvention of Paris in the mid-nineteenth century as the most beautiful, exciting city in the world - a position it has never relinquished.
An account of the reinvention of Paris in the mid-nineteenth century as the most beautiful, exciting city in the world - a position it has never relinquished.