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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
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Fascinating and sumptuously illustrated. . . . Da Costa Meyer’s book offers a valuable reminder of the high price paid by most Parisians for the beautiful new city center, and a valuable rejoinder to the countless celebrations of Haussmann’s Paris as the ‘capital of the nineteenth century.’
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---David Bell, New York Review of Books"Esther da Costa Meyer’s magisterial volume offers a sweeping analysis of Paris’s modernization that both assesses existing scholarship and offers poignant new perspectives. . . . Richly illustrated and elegantly written. . . . Da Costa Meyer has produced an indispensable volume for scholars of modern France and modern urbanism."
---Sun-Young Park, The Metropole"And what an important book it is. One of the most stimulating I’ve come across on cities, a city and Paris."
---Andrew Kelly, Director of Festival of the Future City and Creative Programmer
