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The Personality of Paris: Landscape and Society in the Long-Nineteenth Century

Autor Dr Alan R. H. Baker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 aug 2023
What was the personality of 19th-century Paris? To answer that question, this book eschews the conventional narrative and chronological route taken by most histories of Paris. Instead, it thematically analyses the complex personality traits of Paris from the onset of the Revolution of 1789 to the beginning of the Great War. Starting with the topographical and cultural legacies that late 18th-century Paris inherited from its foundation in pre-Roman and Roman times and from its medieval infancy and early-modern adolescence, The Personality of Paris unpacks the social and material complexity of the 19th-century city. It considers the role of immigration in the making of Parisians and in the city's growth from half a million in 1801 to almost three million in 1911. It examines the making of its distinctive landscape through the construction of monuments and architectural icons, through its massive re-modelling by Napoléon III and Baron Haussmann, through its five world exhibitions, through its emphasis on food, fashion and leisure, and through the ways in which Parisians sought rural release from urban pressure. Finally, the book considers the self-harm done to the person of 19th-century Paris by revolutions and wars and the damage inflicted on it by 20th-century hubristic politicians and architects.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350252639
ISBN-10: 1350252638
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 66 bw illus; 14 colour images in 8pp plates
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Makes use of the interesting dynamic between the history and geography disciplines to provide fresh insights and perspectives

Notă biografică

Alan R. H. Baker is Life Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of three books, including Geography and History: Bridging the Divide (2003) and Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848-1914 (2017), and the editor or co-editor of a further seven books. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

Cuprins

List of IllustrationsPrologue1. Beginnings: The Founding of Paris and its Growth to 1800 2. Peopling Paris: The Making of 'Parisians' 3. Monumentalising Paris: commemorating its Past 4. Modernising Paris: Rebuilding the City 5. Symbolising Paris: Architectural Iconography6. Projecting Paris: Five World Exhibitions7. Enjoying Paris: Food, Fashion and Fun8. Escaping Paris: (Re)discovering Nature and the Provinces 9. Assassinating Paris: Revolutions, Wars and the Twentieth CenturyEpilogueBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Using his skill and experience as a historical geographer, Alan Baker provides an illuminating exposition of how the varied townscape of Paris came into being during the long nineteenth century. Enriched with an array of maps and illustrations, his depiction of the complex and always split personality of Paris is a most welcome contribution to our understanding of the appearance of the city.
Alan Baker offers us an unprecedented look at the "personality of Paris" in the 19th century. Its historical geography takes on a new meaning thanks to a sensitive analysis of the Parisian space and Parisians. A remarkable work to discover to learn another Parisian geography.
A work of great scholarship, erudition, and imagination, with an innovative structure and enormous range of data. [A] big success.
Its restraint ultimately makes this book a useful compendium for teaching and a valuable resource for undergraduates. The epilogue compellingly summarizes the complexities and tensions of Parisian history by describing the series of dualities at its heart-natives versus newcomers, clericalism versus secularism, workers versus the bourgeoisie, male versus female, day versus night, past versus future.
Readers looking for discussion of nostalgia specific to the place of Paris will find satisfying sections about the transformative effects of Baron Haussmann's urban improvements and the preservationist movement . This book offers an excellent, very readable synthesis of secondary literature that will serve to introduce the topic of Paris in the long nineteenth century to undergraduate and postgraduate students of social and cultural history. The book is also likely to appeal to students in different disciplines with interests in urban spaces and architectural design, food, entertainment, and fashion, and the ecological transition towards 'greening cities'.