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This study of power/knowledge in France, from the 1830s through the 1930s, uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how the social environment was described. It aims to show how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, and social legislation.

French Modern

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/1995
      ISBN13: 9780226701745, 978-0226701745
      ISBN10: 0226701743
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      Book Synopsis
      This study of power/knowledge in France, from the 1830s through the 1930s, uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how the social environment was described. It aims to show how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, and social legislation.

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