How Paris Became Paris

Name: How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City
ISBN: 9781608195916

The Invention of the Modern City

Joan E. DeJean

2014·307 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics

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.

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How Paris Became Paris

The Invention of the Modern City

Joan E. DeJean

Year

2014

Pages

307

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics

Description

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.

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