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Collecting David Harvey's finest work on Paris during the second empire, Paris, The Capital of Modernity offers brilliant insights ranging from the birth of consumerist spectacle on the Parisian boulevards, the creative visions of Balzac, Baudelaire and Zola, and the reactionary cultural politics of the bombastic Sacre Couer. Stunning in scope and form, this is a long-awaited essential collection of David Harvey's magnificent writing on 19th century Paris.
Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 372 p. Contains: Illustrations. 
Introduction: modernity as break part one: representations: paris 1830-1848 1. the myths of modernity: balzac's paris 2. dreaming the body politic: revolutionary politics and utopian schemes, 1830-1848 part two: materializations: paris 1848-1870 prologue 3. the production of space 4. money, credit and finance 5. rent and the propertied interest 6. the state 7. abstract and concrete labor 8. the buying and selling of labor power 9. the reproduction of labor power 10. consumerism, spectacle and leisure 11. community and class 12. national relations 13. science and sentiment, modernity and tradition 14. rhetoric and representation 15. the geopolitics of urban transformation coda: the building of the basilica of sacre coeur notes bibliography illustration credits and acknowledgements index collecting david harvey's finest work on paris during the second empire, paris, capital of modernity offers brilliant insights ranging from the birth of consumerist spectacle on the parisian boulevards, the creative visions of balzac, baudelaire and zola, and the reactionary cultural politics of the bombastic sacre couer. the book is heavily illustrated and includes a number drawings, portraits and cartoons by daumier, one of the greatest political caricaturists of the ni*n*e*t*eenth century. (Paperback) 
Collecting david harvey's work on paris during the second empire, this title offers insights ranging from the birth of consumerist spectacle on the parisian boulevards, the creative visions of balzac, baudelaire and zola, and the reactionary cultural politics of the bombastic sacre couer. 118 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones edition new ed (Paperback) 
Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 372 p. Contains: Illustrations. 
Collecting David Harvey's finest work on Paris during the second empire, this volume offers brilliant insights ranging from the birth of consumerist spectacle on the Parisian boulevards, the creative visions of Balzac, Baudelaire, and Zola, and the r... 
Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 372 p. Contains: Illustrations. 
Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Collecting David Harvey's finest work on Paris during the second empire, this volume offers brilliant insights ranging from the birth of consumerist spectacle on the Parisian boulevards, the creative visions of Balzac, Baudelaire, and Zola, and the reactionary cultural politics of the bombastic "Sacre Couer. " Illustrated throughout. ISBN10: 0415952204. 
Collecting David Harvey's work on Paris during the second empire, this title offers insights ranging from the birth of consumerist spectacle on the Parisian boulevards, the creative visions of Balzac, Baudelaire and Zola, and the reactionary cultural... 
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First edition, hard cover, fine condition. Dust jacket, fine condition. Full of many fine illustrations, maps and diagrams. Clean pages. 