{"product_id":"haussmann-his-life-and-times-and-the-making-of-modern-paris-156663427x-used","title":"Haussmann: His Life and Times, and the Making of Modern Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156663427X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carmona, Michel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaron Haussmann, the famous architect of modern Paris, has been an enigma for historians for more than a century. But in Michel Carmona, the baron has found a biographer worthy of his fascinating and influential life. Haussmann is not, however, a book only about the controversial prefect of the Seine: Mr. Carmona has effectively set his life against the background of nineteenth-century European society. Exhaustively researched and written with remarkable balance, the book is as much a social and political history as it is a biography. We see Haussmanns early years and his entry into civic life as an administrator; the problems of urban existence faced by the city of Paris; Haussmanns reign as the designated chief of Napoléon IIIs grand scheme for the renewal of the French capital; and the so-called Haussmannization of Paris. Some observers today still see Haussmanns grands travaux as the criminal work of a modern Nero-a man intent on destroying old Paris and willing to cook the books and throw poor people out of their homes in order to achieve his ends. Others see him as a clairvoyant creator of the modern, hygienic, and organized city, who created a style that would become a model for urban transformation. Mr. Carmona has examined the record and has written a superb biography that will be of special interest to architects, urban planners, and anyone interested in the life of great cities. With 12 pages of black-and-white illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67812124524832,"sku":"USED156663427X","price":23.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51T3NJ5AZ9L.jpg?v=1792149699","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/haussmann-his-life-and-times-and-the-making-of-modern-paris-156663427x-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}