Paris The Biography of a City

by Jones, Colin

• ISBN13: 9780143036715
• ISBN10: 0143036718
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-04
• Publisher: Penguin Books

Summary

The Roman Emperor Julian praised it for its wine. Ernest Hemingway thrived in its seductive bohemia. We know it fondly as the "city of light." For two thousand years Paris has been a perennial source of fascination, a city that has endured Viking invasion, the Black Death, and Nazi occupation to emerge as the heart of a resurgent Europe. Colin Jones goes off the beaten track to capture Paris's evolution from Stone Age settlement to prosperous contemporary capital. Lavishly illustrated, with sidebars that offer an in-depth look at subjects like the catacombs, Victor Hugo, and the Eiffel Tower, this is the ultimate narrative of Paris's epic past from one of the city's foremost historians. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Colin Jones is professor of history at the University of Warwick and the author of several works of history, including The Longman Companion to the French Revolution and The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon

Table of Contents

Introduction: An Impossible History of Paris?	p. xi
Paris-Lutetia (from earliest times to c. 1000)	p. 1
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The Arenes de Lutece	p. 8
A Parisian Child	p. 13
Saint Genevieve	p. 19
'Queen of Cities' (c. 1000-c. 1300)	p. 32
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Saint-Denis	p. 40
The Philip Augustus Wall	p. 46
Robert de Sorbon	p. 59
The City Adrift (c. 1300-c. 1480)	p. 62
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Montfaucon	p. 70
The Parvis of Notre-Dame	p. 79
Francois Villon	p. 92
Paris Reborn, Paris Reformed (c. 1480-1594)	p. 96
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The Louvre	p. 96
The River Bievre	p. 108
Henry III	p. 124
Grand Siecle, Great Eclipse (1594-1715)	p. 132
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The Pont Neuf	p. 136
Madame de Sevigne	p. 143
The Cour des Miracles	p. 165
The Kingless Capital of Enlightenment (1715-89)	p. 173
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The Cafe Procope	p. 188
Rose Bertin	p. 199
Rue Mouffetard	p. 203
Revolution and Empire (1789-1815)	p. 215
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Philippe-Egalite, duc d'Orleans	p. 222
The Grand Vefour	p. 246
The Catacombs	p. 253
Between Napoleons (1815-51)	p. 263
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Rue Transnonain	p. 274
Victor Hugo	p. 279
The Arcades	p. 287
Haussmannism and the City of Modernity (1851-89)	p. 299
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Felice Orsini	p. 321
The Mur des Federes	p. 328
The Eiffel Tower	p. 340
The Anxious Spectacle (1889-1918)	p. 344
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Alphand	p. 349
Ilot insalubre numero 16	p. 362
Sacre-Coeur of Montmartre	p. 375
Faded Dreams, Lost Illusions (1918-45)	p. 385
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Josephine Baker	p. 389
The Vespasiennes	p. 398
The Vel' d'Hiv	p. 420
The Remaking of Paris (1945-c. 1995)	p. 426
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The Metro in Zazie	p. 434
The 'Algerian Bridge'	p. 444
The Marais	p. 451
Paris at a Glance	p. 464
Conclusion: Big Projects in a Bigger City (Paris in the Twenty-first Century)	p. 465
Characteristic Buildings	p. 475
Maps	p. 478
Glossary	p. 486
Abbreviations	p. 488
Notes	p. 489
Bibliographical Guide	p. 511
List of Illustrations	p. 525
Acknowledgements	p. 528
Index	p. 531
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