Urban government and the rise of the French city : five municipalities in the nineteenth century / William B. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, William B., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--France--History--19th century--Case studies.

Municipal government.

Municipal services--France--History--19th century--Case studies.

Municipal services.

History.

France.

Physical Description:

xiv, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

In the nineteenth century, France experienced unprecedented urban growth. City governments were faced with critical problems, among them the issues of public order, education, sanitation, welfare, and the organization of public space. Comparing the responses of five major French provincial municipalities - Lyon, Marseilles, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Saint-Etienne - to the challenges of urbanization, this book elucidates the role city governments played in the modernization of urban France.

Contents:

Map of France xiv

Introduction: A Tale of Five Cities 1

1 From City Republic to Republican Cities: The Struggle for Municipal Democracy 21

2 City Financing: The Octrois 43

3 From Patronage to Civil Service: The City Employees 59

4 Police and Fire Services 79

5 Public Schools 103

6 "The Primary Schools of Enlightened Men": The Municipal Theaters 127

7 Public Health 147

8 Municipal Welfare 181

9 Reorganizing Urban Space 211

10 Municipalization 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-332) and index.

ISBN:

0312176953

OCLC:

37836949