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"City of Lights: The Reconstruction of Paris and the Birth of the Modern Metropolis" Author: [UK] Rupert Christian Publisher: Beijing Yanshan Publishing House
"City of Lights: The Reconstruction of Paris and the Birth of the Modern Metropolis" Author: [UK] Rupert Christian Publisher: Beijing Yanshan Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
In 1853, King Louis Napoleon of France commissioned Georges-Eugène Haussmann, the governor of the Seine, to launch a massive and ambitious public works project to transform the city. The project—which was marred by war, revolution, corruption, and bankruptcy—not only transformed the city, but also set a model for urban planning in the 19th and early 20th centuries and established the enduring urban layout of modern Paris.
Boulevards, parks, squares, train stations, department stores, and a brand-new public health system embellish its life. What are the little-known stories behind this 15-year urban innovation project? What lessons can today's urban builders learn from it to make cities more livable and more humane? The author of this book, Rupert Christian, will take us back to Paris more than 150 years ago to see how it changed from a medieval shabby city with sewage, slums and diseases to a world-famous "City of Light".
About the Author
Rupert Christiansen
He studied at Cambridge and Columbia universities and was a Fulbright scholar. He is the opera critic for The Daily Telegraph and the dance critic for The Mail on Sunday, and also writes for a number of American and British journals.
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