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Presents the 1925 Paris Exhibition as a key moment in the attempts to update the image of Paris, capital of the nineteenth century'. -- .

Table of Contents

List of Plates
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Illusory cities
Villes Lumieres
La boutique and the face of modern Paris
The art of the shop window
Cars and jars: L’Esprit Nouveau and a geometry of the city
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index

Designs on modernity

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/13/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719066740, 978-0719066740
      ISBN10: 0719066743

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents the 1925 Paris Exhibition as a key moment in the attempts to update the image of Paris, capital of the nineteenth century'. -- .

      Table of Contents

      List of Plates
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction: Illusory cities
      Villes Lumieres
      La boutique and the face of modern Paris
      The art of the shop window
      Cars and jars: L’Esprit Nouveau and a geometry of the city
      Conclusion
      Select bibliography
      Index

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