The Paris Metro
Subtitle: a ticket to French history
By: Susan L. Plotkin.
Publisher: Xlibris; Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Philadelphia, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Subways -- France -- Paris; Paris (France) -- History; France -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-393) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgm ents9; title: A Note on How to Use the Book 11; title: Introduction13; title: CHAPTER ONE; title: The Metro System: Creating a Way of Life16; title: CHAPTER TWO; title: From Celts to Carolingians 52BC-987AD 28; title: CHAPTER THREE; title: The Capetians Create a Kingdom 987-1515 60; title: CHAPTER FOUR; title: Religion and the Mollarchy 1515-1643 98; title: CHAPTER FIVE; title: Louis XIV: The Sun That Never Set; title: 1643-1715126; title: CHAPTER SIX; title: Louis XV and the Age of Reason; title: 1715-1774142; title: CHAPTER SEVEN; title: Louis XVI: Uneasy Calm Before the Storm; title: 1774-1789166; title: CHAPTER EIGHT; title: The French Revolution: Life Will; title: Never Be the Same 1789-1799180; title: CHAPTER NINE; title: Napoleon Bonaparte:; title: The Revolution Usurped 1798-1815 210; title: CHAPTER TEN; title: The Restoration Kings:; title: France Flirts with Monarchy 1815-1848239; title: CHAPTER ELEVEN; title: A Struggle between Republic and Empire; title: 1848-1870258; title: CHAPTER TWELVE; title: Democracy Triumphs: The Paris Commune; title: and The Third Republic 1870-1890288; title: CHAPTER THIRTEEN; title: New Century/Old Problems:; title: War Begets War 1890-1939314; title: CHAPTER FOURTEEN; title: France in Peril: The Second World War; title: 1939-1945333; title: CHAPTER FIFTEEN; title: Postwar France: Survival and Success; title: 1945 to the Present359; title: CHAPTER SIXTEEN; title: Miscellaneous Stations370; title: Postscrip t375; title: Appendix One; title: The 14 Lines of the Paris Metro377; title: Appendix Two; title: Kings, Emperors and; title: Presidents of France384; title: Selected Bibliography388; title: INDEX394.