Urban Renovation, Moral Regeneration
Domesticating the Halles in Second-Empire Paris
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8941152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victoria E Thompson (0000-0002-2449-7846, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-87 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/286800 |
| OpenAlex | W2320021127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
During the Second Empire, Emperor Napoleon III and prefect of the Seine Haussmann attempted to create a more splendid, more hygienic, and more secure Paris. In the 1850s and 1860s, old neighborhoods were demolished and replaced by broad thoroughfares, luxury housing, parks and open squares, and new centers for leisure and commerce.1 In his 1874 study of Parisian social life, customs, and institutions, writer and journalist Maxime DuCamp reflected on the changes in the capital during these years. According to DuCamp, one of the most dramatic transformations had been the renovation of the central food market, the halles
Ancient history · Biology · Empire · Environmental planning · Geography · Political science · Regeneration (biology · Urban regeneration · Cell Biology · French Urban and Social Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2019 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |