La Place Louis XV from the Old Regime to the Revolution: King and People in the Parisian Royal Square
Author:   Victoria Thompson
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   2025:08
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9781836244639


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   12 August 2025
Format:   Paperback
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La Place Louis XV from the Old Regime to the Revolution: King and People in the Parisian Royal Square


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Author:   Victoria Thompson
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Voltaire Foundation
Volume:   2025:08
ISBN:  

9781836244639


ISBN 10:   1836244630
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   12 August 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: King and Public in Eighteenth-Century Paris Chapter One: Majestic and Burlesque: The Parisian Royal Square Before 1748 Chapter Two: In the Heart of the City: Projects for the New Place Louis XV, 1748-9 Chapter Three: Money, Love, and the Emergence of a Concerned Citizenry Chapter Four: A King in the Fields: Designing the Place Louis XV Chapter Five: Constructing and Celebrating the Place Louis XV Chapter Six: The Place Louis XV from Old Regime to the Revolution Conclusion Bibliography

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Professor Victoria Thompson is Chair of the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is completing a book entitled King and Public in the Parisian Royal Square, 1748-89 that examines the relationship between the design, representation, and use of urban space and socio-political transformation.

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