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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McAuliffe, Mary Sperling, 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
Subjects:
Napoleon > III, > Emperor of the French, > 1808-1873 > Influence.
Paris (France) > History > 1848-1870.
Urban renewal > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Haussmann, Georges Eugène, > baron, > 1809-1891 > Influence.
Paris (France) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Table of 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).