{"title":"Series: History of the Urban Environment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eHistory of the Urban Environment\u003c\/em\u003e series offers readers a diverse exploration of how cities and their landscapes have evolved over time. Spanning themes from architectural innovation and military history to social change and economic development, these works illuminate the complex forces shaping urban life across different eras and cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngaging both the curious historian and the thoughtful traveller, the collection delves into the interplay between human endeavour and the built environment. Through a blend of detailed research and insightful narrative, it invites readers to consider the past and present of urban spaces with fresh perspective and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"paris-after-haussmann-by-peter-s-soppelsa-9780822948827","title":"Paris After Haussmann","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern Paris is often hailed as a capital of urban infrastructure. Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s rebuilding of Paris in 1853–1870, branded “Haussmannization,” helped define urban modernity for cities worldwide. But even as infrastructures expanded and modernised, some Parisians were left behind: as late as 1928, 18 percent of houses still lacked direct sewerage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaussmannization often hid infrastructures behind walls and floors, under streets, or in peripheral districts. In the forty years after 1870, a period that Peter Soppelsa calls \u003cem\u003esecondary Haussmannization\u003c\/em\u003e, Parisians inverted them—revealed their hidden components to scrutinise their workings and costs for society, environment, and health—and in turn politicised them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on French government archives, engineers’ maps, the illustrated press, and a collection of over 100 photographic postcards, Soppelsa charts the diverse embodied, emotional, and everyday experiences of living with expanding urban infrastructures—streets, housing, tramways, subways, the water supply, sewers, and rivers—in Paris from 1870 to 1914. Parisians learned that infrastructures were not simply technical solutions for the social and environmental problems of city life but could also bring about new dangers and dependencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934177280236,"sku":"9780822948827","price":375.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24d7298cc55ff410892129c4b16bba9e.jpg?v=1783906768"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/series-history-of-the-urban-environment.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}