Urban government and the rise of the French city : five municipalities in the nineteenth century / William B. Cohen.

Main entry:

Cohen, William B., 1941-

Title & Author:

Urban government and the rise of the French city : five municipalities in the nineteenth century / William B. Cohen.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Description:

xiv, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-332) and index.
Map of France -- Introduction: A Tale of Five Cities -- From City Republic to Republican Cities: The Struggle for Municipal Democracy -- City Financing: The Octrois -- From Patronage to Civil Service: The City Employees -- Police and Fire Services -- Public Schools -- "The Primary Schools of Enlightened Men": The Municipal Theaters -- Public Health -- Municipal Welfare -- Reorganizing Urban Space -- Municipalization.

Summary:

In the nineteenth century, France experienced unprecedented urban growth. City governments were faced with critical problems, among them the issues of public order, education, sanitation, welfare, and the organization of public space. Comparing the responses of five major French provincial municipalities - Lyon, Marseilles, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Saint-Etienne - to the challenges of urbanization, this book elucidates the role city governments played in the modernization of urban France.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)
Publisher description

ISBN:

0312176953
9780312176952

Subject:

Municipal government France History 19th century Case studies.
Municipal services France History 19th century Case studies.
Administration municipale France Histoire 19e siècle Études de cas.
Services municipaux France Histoire 19e siècle Études de cas.
Municipal government.
Municipal services.
Großstadt
Stadtverwaltung
Municipal government France History 19th century.
Municipal services France History 19th century.
Services municipaux France Histoire 19e siècle.
Administration communale France Histoire 19e siècle.
Agglomérations urbaines Administration.
Geschichte 1800-1900.
France.
Frankreich

Form/genre:

Case studies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203737
Call No.: JS4851 .C64 1998
Status: Available

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