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Comentado en España el 13 de abril de 2023
Recebi la capa correcta, pero el livro que venia dentro era otro completamente diferente. Tuve que pedir reembolso.
Frenchiejack
Comentado en Francia el 21 de abril de 2021
Permet de suivre la création du Paris moderne sous Napoléon III.et Haussman. Très bien écrit. Passionnant. Je recommande sans réserve.
Tony
Comentado en el Reino Unido el 16 de julio de 2020
If you love Paris this book is a must
James B. Casey
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 15 de noviembre de 2013
This extremely interesting study of the determined and relentless efforts during 1848 to 1870 to re-design and re-engineer the City of Paris casts a new light on the critically important involvement of the Emperor Napoleon III in the overall planning and empowerment of dedicated, efficient administrators and engineers led by Baron Haussmann who have been heralded as the architects of the Paris we know today. While there are many monuments and shrines recalling the accomplishments of Napoleon I, there are hardly any reminders of the fact that entire face of Paris as we know it today is largely due to the almost fanatical determination of Napoleon III to establish Paris as a modern, clean, efficient and breathtakingly beautiful city. Many people know of the contributions of Baron Haussmann, but have looked upon Napoleon III as a relative bystander and political showman rather than a visionary leader and driving force behind one of the most extensive urban modernization efforts in European history. This book succeeds in addressing that misconception.Yet this is not merely an attempt to rehabilitate the largely discredited monarch whose downfall is still treated as a national holiday in France (with a major thoroughfare in the Paris named for the date of his deposition, September 4, 1870). Kirkland doesn't neglect to mention the ruthless and often cruel manner in which hundreds of thousands of residents of "old Paris" were displaced and the role played by unscrupulous profiteers in the process. It was undoubtedly a massive undertaking that could only have been executed with the force of absolute, brutally despotic government behind the scenes. Students of modern French history and those who love Paris will definitely want to read this new book.I do agree with some of the other reviewers who lament that decent maps would have been extremely useful additions to this book. Their absence is a notable deficiency. Nevertheless, travel guides and their accompanying maps are readily available and may be more useful to follow along the text.
Robert Byrnes
Comentado en Canadá el 12 de septiembre de 2013
This terrific book is written in a high-speed, highly voiced prose, but with all the lexical nuance and anecdotal digression that make social history (and architectural history) a consummation and reward for one's liberal education. It turns out that Napoleon III created, in 16 busy years, the first modern city, the greatest capital of Europe, and could do so only because he had the authority of an emperor, and the ruthless, take-no-prisoners efficiency of his notorious civil servant, Baron Haussmann.
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