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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAuliffe, Mary, 1943- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873--Influence.

Napoleon.

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.

Haussmann, Georges Eugène, baron, 1809-1891--Influence.

Haussmann, Georges Eugène.

Haussmann, Georges Eugène, baron, 1809-1891.

Urban renewal--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Urban renewal.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Manners and customs.

Paris (France)--History--1848-1870.

Paris (France).

Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century.

France--Paris.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) : illustrations, map

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2020.

Other Title:

Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the creation of Paris

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

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.

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).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2020).

ISBN:

979-88-8187-153-6

1-5381-2129-8

OCLC:

1124798223