What was the personality of 19th-century Paris? To answer that
question, this book eschews the conventional narrative and
chronological route taken by most histories of Paris. Instead, it
thematically analyses the complex personality traits of Paris from
the onset of the Revolution of 1789 to the beginning of the Great
War. Starting with the topographical and cultural legacies that
late 18th-century Paris inherited from its foundation in pre-Roman
and Roman times and from its medieval infancy and early-modern
adolescence, The Personality of Paris unpacks the social and
material complexity of the 19th-century city. It considers the role
of immigration in the making of Parisians and in the city's growth
from half a million in 1801 to almost three million in 1911. It
examines the making of its distinctive landscape through the
construction of monuments and architectural icons, through its
massive re-modelling by Napoléon III and Baron Haussmann, through
its five world exhibitions, through its emphasis on food, fashion
and leisure, and through the ways in which Parisians sought rural
release from urban pressure. Finally, the book considers the
self-harm done to the person of 19th-century Paris by revolutions
and wars and the damage inflicted on it by 20th-century hubristic
politicians and architects.
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