Elusive promises: planning in the contemporary world
by Abram, Simone, Weszkalnys, Gisa
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Back to the future
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In this compelling portrait of a city in transition, Joan DeJean shows that by 1700 Paris had become the capital that would transform forever our conception of the city and of urban life.
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