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How Paris Became Paris
- The Invention of the Modern City
- De: Joan DeJean
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96
At the start of the 17th century, Paris was known for a few monuments, but it had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like many European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But within a century, Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we now know. Most people associate the signature characteristics of Paris with the 19th century. Joan DeJean demonstrates that the Parisian model for urban space was in fact invented two centuries earlier, when the first full design for the French capital was implemented.
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- De Mary en 06-29-14
- How Paris Became Paris
- The Invention of the Modern City
- De: Joan DeJean
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
Fascinating history, but narrator is unbearable
Revisado: 03-11-15
Bottom line: listen to a sample of this narrator before you buy.
I listened to this in preparation of an upcoming visit to Paris. The history of the city is fascinating and relevant. The author breaks up certain aspects of the city's development (e.g. building the Pont Neuf, development of Paris's fashion dominance) and talks about how each contributed to the Paris we know now--and ultimately, every modern city.
But wow, the narrator is absolutely horrendous. He reads every sentence with so much drama and superiority, you'd think he was actually trying to evoke the ridiculous stereotype of a stuck up Parisian. I am not sure why the narrator insisted on reading like that, because it doesn't sound natural and the text itself doesn't read like that at all.
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