Publication

2004 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

84,000 words, Guess

Page Count

336 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC711/.4/094436109033
  • LCCDC723 .P28 2004

Description

"Historian Nicholas Papayanis examines the emergence and evolution of modern urban planning in Paris between the end of the eighteenth and the middle of the nineteenth century, focusing on the principles and concerns that informed competing plans for the city." "Planning Paris before Haussmann uncovers the intellectual ferment about city planning and urban reform that constituted a powerful intellectual and theoretical foundation for Haussmannization and for modern urban planning."--BOOK JACKET.

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