Portion of title |
Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the creation of Paris |
Contents |
From Barricades to Bonaparte (1848-1851) -- Blood and Empire (1852) -- Enter Haussmann (1853) -- A Nonessential War (1854) -- A Queen Visits (1855) -- What Goes Up . . . (1856-1857) -- More and More (1858) -- Dreams of Glory (1859) -- Suddenly Larger (1860) -- Turning Point (1861) -- Les Misérables de Paris (1862) -- Scandal (1863-1864) -- Death and Taxes (1865) -- Crisis (1866) -- A Setting Sun (1867) -- Twenty Years Later (1868) -- Haussmann in Trouble (1869) -- Finale (1870) -- An End and a Beginning (1870-1871). |
Abstract |
"Traces the profound transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III's Second Empire, as he and Georges Haussmann completely rebuilt Paris in less than two decades."-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Issued in other form | Online version: McAuliffe, Mary Sperling, 1943- Paris, City of Dreams. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020] 1538121298 |
Genre/form | Informational works. |
Genre/form | History. |
Genre/form | Informational works. |
LCCN | 2019045560 |
ISBN | 9781538121283 hardcover |
ISBN | 153812128X hardcover |
ISBN | electronic publication |
IAN |
99985835332 |