Paris, Capital of Modernity

Paris, Capital of Modernity
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9781135945862
ISBN-13 : 1135945861
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Book Synopsis Paris, Capital of Modernity by : David Harvey

Download or read book Paris, Capital of Modernity written by David Harvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collecting David Harvey's finest work on Paris during the second empire, Paris, Capital of Modernity offers brilliant insights ranging from the birth of consumerist spectacle on the Parisian boulevards, the creative visions of Balzac, Baudelaire and Zola, and the reactionary cultural politics of the bombastic Sacre Couer. The book is heavily illustrated and includes a number drawings, portraits and cartoons by Daumier, one of the greatest political caricaturists of the nineteenth century.


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