Paris Dreams, Paris Memories: The City and Its Mystique
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- Synopsis
- Rearick (emeritus, history U. of Massachusetts, Amherst) presents this history of Paris in the last one hundred and fifty years, an examination of the creation and recreation of the city and the effect of this continual rebirth on its people and its image at home and abroad. The work presents a discussion of the way in which attachment to tradition has conflicted and cooperated with the evolution of the city through crisis, destruction and the tests of time focusing on the nineteenth century foundations of modern Paris, the lingering memories of the Bell Epoque, post war modernization and "Nouveau Paris" of the late twentieth century. The volume includes numerous black and white photographs as well as a time line of modern Paris and appendices on unique features and landmark imagery. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 296 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780804777513
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780804770934
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/01/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Stanford University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Psychology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.