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Paris, capital of modernity

David Harvey
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The Myths of Modernity: Balzac's Paris, 1830-1848 as mentioned in this paper, is a collection of modernity as break, including representations and materializations of Paris 1848-1870.
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Introduction: Modernity as Break Part One: Representations: Paris 1830-1848 1. The Myths of Modernity: Balzac's Paris 2. Dreaming the Body Politic: Revolutionary Politics and Utopian Schemes, 1830-1848 Part Two: Materializations: Paris 1848-1870 Prologue 3. The Production of Space 4. Money, Credit and Finance 5. Rent and the Propertied Interest 6. The State 7. Abstract and Concrete Labor 8. The Buying and Selling of Labor Power 9. The Reproduction of Labor Power 10. Consumerism, Spectacle and Leisure 11. Community and Class 12. National Relations 13. Science and Sentiment, Modernity and Tradition 14. Rhetoric and Representation 15. The Geopolitics of Urban Transformation Coda: The Building of the Basilica of Sacre Coeur Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits and Acknowledgements Index

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