The Assassination of Paris

by Louis Chevalier

Published to controversial acclaim in 1977, The Assassination of Paris describes the transformation of the Paris of Raymond Queneau and Henri Cartier-Bresson; of quartiers of carpenters and Communists and country folk from the Auvergne; of dance halls and corner cafes. Much of Louis Chevalier's Paris faced the wrecking ball in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, as Georges Pompidou, Andre Malraux and their cadres of young technocratic elites sought to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226103609
• ISBN13: 9780226103600
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"