Cover of How Paris became Paris

Book 2014

How Paris became Paris

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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Language
English
Published
2014
  • City planning
  • History
  • Guidebooks
  • Description and travel
  • Social life and customs

In this compelling portrait of a city in transition, Joan DeJean shows that by 1700 Paris had become the capital that would transform forever our conception of the city and of urban life.