Paris in Modern Times

From the Old Regime to the Present Day

AvCasey Harison

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Drawing upon a vast body of historical scholarship, Casey Harison’s Paris in Modern Times provides the first detailed academic history of Paris in the modern age.Chronologically surveying Paris’s history from the Old Regime of the late-18th century through to the present day, this book explores the social, economic, political and cultural developments that come together to tell the story of this iconic city. Each chapter has an introduction and illuminating ‘sidebars’ that touch upon the ways in which Parisian history has intersected with wider changes in France and beyond. The text, which also includes a wealth of images, maps, and a further reading section, takes the opportunity to place Paris and its history in a broader French, Atlantic and global historical context in order to cover an essential aspect of what has been such an important city the world over.Paris in Modern Times is vital reading for anyone seeking to know more about the history of Paris or the history of France since the French Revolution.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-10-17
Mått:154 x 232 x 22 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury 3PL
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350005525

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

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Casey Harison is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana, USA. He is the author of The Stonemasons of Creuse in Nineteenth-Century Paris (2008).

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Casey Harison has delivered a gift to colleagues, students, and anyone with an interest in the European city. Wielding communicative skills and perspective born of years in the classroom, Harison has written a capacious and entertaining history of Paris contextualizing the French capital in the global trends of the last three centuries ... This is emphatically a book for today’s classroom.

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List of ImagesList of MapsList of TablesIntroduction - Paris, France and the World1. Old Regime Paris: The City before 17892. Paris, during the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-18153. Paris during the Restoration, 1815-18304. Paris during the July Monarchy and the Revolution of 18485. Paris during the Second Empire, 1852-18706. The Paris Commune of 18717. Paris from the Third Republic to the Turn-of-the-Century8. Paris from the Belle Époque to the Great War9. Paris from the Great War through Vichy10. Paris: Post-war through De Gaulle11. Paris from De Gaulle to Mitterrand12. Paris from Mitterrand to the PresentChronologySuggested ReadingsIndex