Princeton, University 1958, Mit 20 Abbildungen und einigen Plänen. XI, 245 S. Gr.-8vo. OLwd. mit OU.
In the two decades between 1850 and 1870 Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine, Baron Haussmann, created the modern city of Paris out of the congested and ill-equiped capital of the 18th century. This book tells the dramatic story of this transformation. Among the various complicating factors of the venture discussed are: the city`s rapidly increasing population, the politics of the fund raising, the challenging engineering problems, and the clash of personalities at the top level of direction (Klappentext). - OU leicht gebräunt, ansonsten sehr gutes Exemplar.
