The heroic city
Subtitle: Paris, 1945-1958
By: Rosemary Wakeman.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226870236
Subjects: Public spaces -- France -- Paris -- History; Paris (France) -- History -- 1944-; Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Paris in the 1950's; title: The Landscape of populism; title: Public space and confrontation; title: Spatial imagination and the Avant-Garde; title: Paris as Cinematic space; title: The Left Bank; title: Planning Paris; title: Conclusion: Constructing the Paris of tomorrow.