Paris, city of dreams, Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the creation of Paris, Mary McAuliffe
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Paris, city of dreams, Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the creation of Paris, Mary McAuliffe
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Paris, city of dreams
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1112202409
Responsibility statement
Mary McAuliffe
Sub title
Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the creation of Paris
Summary
"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
Table Of 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)
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Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the creation of Paris