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Dividing Paris: Urban Renewal and Social Inequality, 1852-1870/ Esther da Costa Meyer.

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dc.contributor.author da Costa Meyer Esther.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-26T21:35:22Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-26T21:35:22Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.citation da Costa Meyer. Dividing Paris: Urban Renewal and Social Inequality, 1852-1870 - 1 online resource (417 p.) - URL: https://libweb.kpfu.ru/ebsco/pdf/3010212.pdf
dc.identifier.isbn 069122353X
dc.identifier.isbn 9780691223537
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/178399
dc.description.abstract A groundbreaking work of scholarship that sheds critical new light on the urban renewal of Paris under Napoleon IIIIn the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III and his prefect, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, adapted Paris to the requirements of industrial capitalism, endowing the old city with elegant boulevards, enhanced water supply, modern sewers, and public greenery. Esther da Costa Meyer provides a major reassessment of this ambitious project, which resulted in widespread destruction in the historic center, displacing thousands of poor residents and polarizing the urban fabric.Drawing on newspapers, memoirs, and other archival materials, da Costa Meyer explores how people from different social strata--both women and men--experienced the urban reforms implemented by the Second Empire. As hundreds of tenements were destroyed to make way for upscale apartment buildings, thousands of impoverished residents were forced to the periphery, which lacked the services enjoyed by wealthier parts of the city. Challenging the idea of Paris as the capital of modernity, da Costa Meyer shows how the city was the hub of a sprawling colonial empire extending from the Caribbean to Asia, and exposes the underlying violence that enriched it at the expense of overseas territories.This marvelously illustrated book brings to light the contributions of those who actually built and maintained the impressive infrastructure of Paris, and reveals the consequences of colonial practices for the city's cultural, economic, and political life.
dc.description.tableofcontents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The President, the Emperor, and the Prefect -- 2. Requiem -- 3. Streets and Boulevards -- 4. Water -- 5. De Profundis -- 6. Disenchanted Nature -- 7. The Periphery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Photography and Copyright Credits
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en
dc.subject.other Urban renewal -- History -- France -- Paris -- 19th century.
dc.subject.other ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.
dc.subject.other Urban renewal -- Social aspects -- France -- Paris.
dc.subject.other City planning -- History -- France -- Paris -- 19th century.
dc.subject.other Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
dc.subject.other Electronic books.
dc.title Dividing Paris: Urban Renewal and Social Inequality, 1852-1870/ Esther da Costa Meyer.
dc.type Book
dc.description.pages 1 online resource (417 p.)
dc.collection Электронно-библиотечные системы
dc.source.id EN05CEBSCO05C771


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