Paris: Capital of the World
by Patrice Higonnet
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"In a journey through modern Paris from the mid-eighteenth century to World War II, Patrice Higonnet offers a cultural portrait of a multifaceted, continually changing city. In examining the myths and countermyths of Paris that have been created and re-created over time, Higonnet reveals a magical urban alchemy in which each era absorbs the myths and perceptions of Paris past, adapts them to the cultural imperatives of its own time, and feeds them back into the city, creating a new show more environment." "Paris has been central to the modern world in ways internal and external, genuine and imagined, progressive and decadent. Higonnet explores Paris as the capital of revolution, science, empire, literature, and art, describing such incarnations as Belle Epoque Paris, the Commune, the Surrealists' city, and Paris as viewed through American eyes. He also evokes the more visceral Paris of alienation, crime, material excess, and sensual pleasure."--Jacket. show lessTags
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Patrice Higonnet has been a professor of history at Harvard University since 1964.
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 944.361 — History & geography History of Europe France and Monaco Champagne; Ile de France; Lorraine Île-de-France Paris
- LCC
- DC707 .H585 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Local history and description Paris
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- English, French
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- Paper, Ebook
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