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Selling Paris

Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siècle Capital

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$58.00 • £50.95 • €52.95

ISBN 9780674088214

Publication Date: 10/06/2015

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368 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

33 halftones, 2 maps, 1 graph, 4 tables

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  • Introduction: Selling Paris
  • 1. The Business of the City
  • 2. Seeing Like a Speculator
  • 3. The Problem of Property
  • 4. The Unceasing Marketplace
  • 5. Marketing the Metropolis
  • 6. Districts of the Future
  • Epilogue: Illicit Speculation and Impossible Markets
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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