Planning Paris before Haussmann
By: Nicholas Papayanis.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Haussmann, Georges Eugène, baron, 1809-1891.; Urban renewal -- France -- Paris -- History.; City planning -- France -- Paris -- History.; City planning -- France -- Paris.; Paris (France) -- History.
Description: "Historian Nicholas Papayanis examines the emergence and evolution of modern urban planning in Paris between the end of the eighteenth and the middle of the nineteenth century, focusing on the principles and concerns that informed competing plans for the city." "Planning Paris before Haussmann uncovers the intellectual ferment about city planning and urban reform that constituted a powerful intellectual and theoretical foundation for Haussmannization and for modern urban planning."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-321) and index.