Selling Paris
| Author | : Alexia M. Yates |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 2015-10-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674088214 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674088212 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (212 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Selling Paris by : Alexia M. Yates
Download or read book Selling Paris written by Alexia M. Yates and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Besieged during the Franco-Prussian War, its buildings damaged, its finances mired in debt, Paris was a city in crisis. Alexia Yates chronicles the private actors and networks, practices and politics, that spurred the largest building boom of the nineteenth century, turning city-making into big business in the French capital.
