How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City

by Joan DeJean

Book Overview

"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."--New Yorker At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608195910
• ISBN13: 9781608195916
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"