List of Illustrations Prologue 1. Beginnings: The Founding of Paris and its Growth to 1800 2. Peopling Paris: The Making of 'Parisians' 3. Monumentalising Paris: commemorating its Past 4. Modernising Paris: Rebuilding the City 5. Symbolising Paris: Architectural Iconography 6. Projecting Paris: Five World Exhibitions 7. Enjoying Paris: Food, Fashion and Fun 8. Escaping Paris: (Re)discovering Nature and the Provinces 9. Assassinating Paris: Revolutions, Wars and the Twentieth Century Epilogue Bibliography Index
An exploration of the distinctive character of Paris's landscape and society from the French Revolution to the outbreak of the First World War.
Alan R. H. Baker is Life Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of three books, including Geography and History: Bridging the Divide (2003) and Amateur Musical Societies and Sports Clubs in Provincial France, 1848-1914 (2017), and the editor or co-editor of a further seven books. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
Using his skill and experience as a historical geographer, Alan
Baker provides an illuminating exposition of how the varied
townscape of Paris came into being during the long nineteenth
century. Enriched with an array of maps and illustrations, his
depiction of the complex and always split personality of Paris is a
most welcome contribution to our understanding of the appearance of
the city.
*Hugh Clout, Emeritus Professor, Department of Geography,
University College London, UK*
Alan Baker offers us an unprecedented look at the "personality of
Paris" in the 19th century. Its historical geography takes on a new
meaning thanks to a sensitive analysis of the Parisian space and
Parisians. A remarkable work to discover to learn another Parisian
geography.
*Philippe Boulanger, Geographer and Professor, Sorbonne University,
France*
A work of great scholarship, erudition, and imagination, with an
innovative structure and enormous range of data. [A] big
success.
*Robin Butlin, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of
Leeds, UK*
Its restraint ultimately makes this book a useful compendium for
teaching and a valuable resource for undergraduates. The epilogue
compellingly summarizes the complexities and tensions of Parisian
history by describing the series of dualities at its heart—natives
versus newcomers, clericalism versus secularism, workers versus the
bourgeoisie, male versus female, day versus night, past versus
future.
*Nineteenth Century French Studies*
Readers looking for discussion of nostalgia specific to the place
of Paris will find satisfying sections about the transformative
effects of Baron Haussmann’s urban improvements and the
preservationist movement … This book offers an excellent, very
readable synthesis of secondary literature that will serve to
introduce the topic of Paris in the long nineteenth century to
undergraduate and postgraduate students of social and cultural
history. The book is also likely to appeal to students in different
disciplines with interests in urban spaces and architectural
design, food, entertainment, and fashion, and the ecological
transition towards ‘greening cities'.
*Cultural and Social History*
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