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From the Life of Two Cities: Paris and London. The Birth of the Modern City. 1700-1900

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From the Life of Two Cities: Paris and London. The Birth of the Modern City. 1700-1900
19.99 €
This book is a tale of two cities, London and Paris, and of the cultures of the two countries through the lives of their capitals. Conlin's intriguing narrative immerses us in the history of the cities, reflected in each other like a fanciful mirror. The author analyzes the six components of urban life in the early 19th century: the street, the apartment, the restaurant, the cemetery, the world of entertainment, and the world of crime.
Paris and London have always been rival lovers, but the maximum heat of passion came in the period 1750-1914, when each of them claimed to be the capital of the world. Among many researchers, it is Conlin who first analyzes the complex, almost interpersonal relationship between them and brilliantly proves that the inhabitants of Paris and London created a very special dimension of urban space, without which the emergence of the modern metropolis is unthinkable.
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