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Presents an account of the fate of Paris' public spaces in the years following Nazi occupation and joyful liberation. Countering the traditional narrative that Paris' public landscape became sterile and dehumanized in the 1940s and '50s, this book instead finds that the city's streets overflowed with ritual, drama, and spectacle.

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"A superb book filled with erudition. The brio of the writing conveys Wakeman's passion for her topic, which is all to the good since Paris is so personal a subject. Wakeman has assembled an impressive amount of information about postwar Paris and has brought it to life with her energetic prose." - David P. Jordan, author of Transforming Paris"

The Heroic City Paris 19451958

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2009
      ISBN13: 9780226870236, 978-0226870236
      ISBN10: 0226870235

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents an account of the fate of Paris' public spaces in the years following Nazi occupation and joyful liberation. Countering the traditional narrative that Paris' public landscape became sterile and dehumanized in the 1940s and '50s, this book instead finds that the city's streets overflowed with ritual, drama, and spectacle.

      Trade Review
      "A superb book filled with erudition. The brio of the writing conveys Wakeman's passion for her topic, which is all to the good since Paris is so personal a subject. Wakeman has assembled an impressive amount of information about postwar Paris and has brought it to life with her energetic prose." - David P. Jordan, author of Transforming Paris"

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