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Paris, city of dreams : Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the creation of Paris / Mary McAuliffe.

Author/creator McAuliffe, Mary, 1943- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
Descriptionxii, 329 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: McAuliffe, Mary Sperling, 1943- Paris, City of Dreams. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020] 1538121298
Genre/formInformational works.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formInformational works.
LCCN 2019045560
ISBN9781538121283 hardcover
ISBN153812128X hardcover
ISBNelectronic publication
IAN 99985835332

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