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"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.’

"---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

Dividing Paris

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 15 February 2022
      ISBN-13 9780691162805
      978-0691162805
      ISBN-10 0691162808
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      Art & Photography History of architecture Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Urban and municipal planning and policy

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
      "

      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.’

      "---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

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