Paris Babylon : the story of the Paris Commune / Rupert Christiansen.
Paris Babylon : the story of the Paris Commune / Rupert Christiansen.
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Publisher
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, c1994.
Call Numbers
N944.0812/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 434 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, c1994.
Edition
1st American ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1994.
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Summary
But this dazzling city, rebuilt by the brilliant and ruthless social engineer Baron Haussmann to showcase the splendors of the Second Empire - its grands magasins, grands boulevards, and grandes horizontales (as the famous courtesans of the day were called) - was soon to be wracked by the Franco-Prussian War, the five-month Siege of Paris and the b...
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Paris Babylon : the story of the Paris Commune / Rupert Christiansen.
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Notes
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Maps of nineteeth century Paris on end papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-416) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1994.
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N944.0812/1
Record Identifier
74VKRWvX4kaZ
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ISBN
067083131X
067083131X (acid-free paper)
DDC
944.0812
MMS ID
991023179169702626
