Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-524) and index

Paris-Lutetia (from earliest times to c. 1000) -- 'Queen of cities' (c. 1000-c. 1300) -- The city adrift (c. 1300-c. 1480) -- Paris reborn, Paris reformed (c. 1480-1594) -- Grand siècle, great eclipse (1594-1715) -- The kingless capital of Enlightenment (1715-89) -- Revolution and empire (1789-1815) -- Between Napoleons (1815-51) -- Haussmannism and the city of modernity (1851-89) -- The anxious spectacle (1889-1918) -- Faded dreams, lost illusions (1918-45) -- The remaking of Paris (1945-c. 1995) -- Paris at a glance -- Conclusion : Big projects in a bigger city (Paris in the twenty-first century) -- Characteristic buildings

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