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Alone in the Crowd : Utopia and Dystopia on the Parisian Boulevards.

Alone in the Crowd discusses the identity of nineteenth-century Paris, one of the most widely imaged cities in the modern world, whose most enduring attribute is that of a city of spectacle - a city of the pleasure of looking and being looked at simultaneously. Did Haussmann's re-figuring of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Field, Amanda J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Luton, Bedfordshire : Andrews UK, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Alone in the Crowd discusses the identity of nineteenth-century Paris, one of the most widely imaged cities in the modern world, whose most enduring attribute is that of a city of spectacle - a city of the pleasure of looking and being looked at simultaneously. Did Haussmann's re-figuring of the city, with its unrelenting straight boulevards, stirring vistas and uniform buildings, create a 'mass produced' image of Paris? If so, who benefited - and who lost out - in the construction of this new identity? Did the boulevards represent dystopia as well as utopia?
Descripción Física:1 online resource (22 pages)
ISBN:9781909183919
1909183911