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Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siecle Capital
Alexia M. Yates
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Hardback. Besieged during the Franco-Prussian War, its buildings damaged, its finances mired in debt, Paris was a city in crisis. Alexia Yates chronicles the private actors and networks, practices and politics, that spurred the largest building boom of the nineteenth century, turning city-making into big business in the French capital. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
In 1871 Paris was a city in crisis. Besieged during the Franco-Prussian War, its buildings and boulevards were damaged, its finances mired in debt, and its new government untested. But if Parisian authorities balked at the challenges facing them, entrepreneurs and businessmen did not. Selling Paris chronicles the people, practices, and politics that spurred the largest building boom of the nineteenth century, turning city-making into big business in the French capital. Alexia Yates traces the emergence of a commercial Parisian housing market, as private property owners, architects, speculative developers, and credit-lending institutions combined to finance, build, and ... Read more
In 1871 Paris was a city in crisis. Besieged during the Franco-Prussian War, its buildings and boulevards were damaged, its finances mired in debt, and its new government untested. But if Parisian authorities balked at the challenges facing them, entrepreneurs and businessmen did not. Selling Paris chronicles the people, practices, and politics that spurred the largest building boom of the nineteenth century, turning city-making into big business in the French capital. Alexia Yates traces the emergence of a commercial Parisian housing market, as private property owners, architects, speculative developers, and credit-lending institutions combined to finance, build, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Harvard Historical Studies
Condition
New
Weight
728g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674088214
SKU
V9780674088214
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About Alexia M. Yates
Alexia M. Yates is Visiting Professor of History at York University.
Reviews for Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siecle Capital
A deeply and impressively researched investigation of the real estate market in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century. Yates's attention to speculators, owners, and companies rather than the state is a welcome addition to a historiography that focuses extensively on the state's role in urban development. Selling Paris is an important contribution to French cultural, economic, business, and ... Read more