{"product_id":"city-of-light-the-making-of-modern-paris","title":"City of Light: The Making of Modern Paris","description":"A sparkling account of the nineteenth-century reinvention of Paris as the most beautiful, exciting city in the world\n\nIn 1853, French emperor Louis Napoleon inaugurated a vast and ambitious program of public works in Paris, directed by Georges-Eugè Haussmann, the prefect of the Seine. Haussmann transformed the old medieval city of squalid slums and disease-ridden alleyways into a \"City of Light\" characterized by wide boulevards, apartment blocks, parks, squares and public monuments, new rail stations and department stores, and a new system of public sanitation. City of Light charts this fifteen-year project of urban renewal which -- despite the interruptions of war, revolution, corruption, and bankruptcy -- set a template for nineteenth and early twentieth-century urban planning and created the enduring landscape of modern Paris now so famous around the globe.\n\nLively and engaging, City of Light is a book for anyone who wants to know how Paris became Paris.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1541673395\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1541673395.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Christiansen, Rupert\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41707659853882,"sku":"DBV.1541673395.A","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1541673395-0.jpg?v=1790653669","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/city-of-light-the-making-of-modern-paris","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}