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Planning the Greenspaces of Nineteenth-Century Paris (Hardcover)
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Planning the Greenspaces of Nineteenth-Century Paris (Hardcover)
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In the second half of the nineteenth century, state and municipal
governments oversaw the explosive growth of public parks, squares,
and gardens throughout the city of Paris. In Planning the
Greenspaces of Nineteenth-Century Paris, Richard S. Hopkins
skillfully weaves together social and cultural history to argue
that the expansion of these greenspaces served as more than simple
urban embellishment. Rather, they provided an essential component
of the Second Empire's efforts to transform and revitalize France's
capital city, and their development continued well into the Third
Republic. Hopkins brings a new dimension to the study of
nineteenth-century Parisian urbanism by considering the parks and
squares of Paris from multiple perspectives: the reformers who
advocated for them, the planners who constructed them, the workers
who maintained them, and the neighborhood residents who used them.
As public areas over which private citizens felt a high degree of
ownership, these spaces offered a unique opportunity for
collaboration between city officials and residents. Hopkins
examines the national and municipal goals for the greenspaces,
their intended contributions to public health, and the roles of
park service employees and neighborhood groups in their ongoing
centrality to Parisian life. Hopkins's study moves deftly from the
aspirations of the political authorities to the ways in which new
public spaces contributed to community-building and neighborhood
identity. Drawing on extensive archival research, he depicts a
greenspace design and development process that illustrates the
dynamic relationship between citizens and city.
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