How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City by Joan DeJean

How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City

Joan DeJean

307 pages hardcover

4 editions

nonfiction design history informative slow-paced
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At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be transf...

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