Main entry:

Harvey, David, 1935-

Title & Author:

Paris, capital of modernity / David Harvey.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Description:

xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-362) and index.
Introduction: Modernity as Break -- pt. 1. Representations: Paris 1830-1848 -- 1. The Myths of Modernity: Balzac's Paris -- 2. Dreaming the Body Politic: Revolutionary Politics and Utopian Schemes, 1830-1848 -- pt. 2. Materializations: Paris 1848-1870 -- 3. Prologue -- 4. The Organization of Space Relations -- 5. Money, Credit, and Finance -- 6. Rent and the Propertied Interest --
7. The State -- 8. Astract and Concrete Labor -- 9. The Buying and Selling of Labor Power -- 10. The Condition of Women -- 11. The Reproduction of Labor Power -- 12. Consumerism, Spectacle, and Leisure -- 13. Community and Class -- 14. Natural Relations -- 15. Science and Sentiment, Modernity and Tradition -- 16. Rhetoric and Representation -- 17. The Geopolitics of Urban Transformation -- pt. 3. Coda -- 18. The Building of the Basilica of Sacré-coeur -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments and Credits for Illustrations -- Index.

Summary:

"Paris has long been one of the most influential cities in the world, but it was during the days of the "Second Empire" that the city became the template for modernity as we have come to know it. In the period between the failed revolutions of 1848 and 1871, Paris underwent a stunning transformation. Baron Hausmann, the city's legendary prefect, orchestrated the physical makeover of Paris, replacing the city's medieval plan with the grand boulevards that dominate the city to this day. Just as important, the era saw both the rise of a new form of capitalism dominated by high finance and the emergence of modern consumer culture. The sweeping social and physical changes elicited the novel cultural response of "modernism," but also further divided the city along class lines. The result was the rise and bloody suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871, which is recounted here in vivid detail. Making sure to place social and economic forces at the heart of the story, Paris, Capital of Modernity provides a dramatic and panoramic account of this pivotal era, and will stand alongside Carl Schorske's Fin-de-Siecle Vienna as a definitive history of the emergence of the modern city."--Jacket.

Resources:
2003.

ISBN:

041594421X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780415944212 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780203508619
0203508610

Subject:

Civilization.
Weltstadt
Stadtsoziologie
Moderne
Moderniteit.
Tweede republiek (Frankrijk)
Politieke situatie.
Sociaal-economische situatie.
Cultuur.
Paris (France) Civilization 19th century.
France History Second Empire, 1852-1870.
Paris (France) Civilisation 19e siècle.
France Histoire 1852-1870 (Second Empire)
France.
France Paris.
Paris
Civilization France Paris 1830-1880.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229158
Call No.: DC733 .H3 2003
Status: Available