In the 19th 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. By comparing the response of five major French provincial municipalities - Lyon, Marseilles, Bordeaux, Toulouse and St Etienne - to the challenges of urbanization, this study aims to elucidate the extent to which city governments were at the forefront in the modernization of urban France. While previous studies have often depicted the central government as pushing reluctant municipalities to respond to their problems, "Urban Governments and the Rise of the City" situates city governments in the centre of action and reveals a far greater degree of municipal vigor than is usually attributed to local government in France. In fact, the book argues municipalities were at the forefront of change, anticipating and in many cases establishing an agenda for many national policies.
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By comparing the response of five major French provincial municipalities - Lyon, Marseilles, Bordeaux, Toulouse and St Etienne - to the challenges of urbanization, this study aims to elucidate the extent to which city governments were at the forefront in the modernization of urban France.
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Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 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 Urban Utilities and Municipalization Reorganizing Urban Space Conclusion Index
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William Cohen is the author of several works, among them "Rulers of Empire" (1971), "The French Encounter with Africans" (1980), and one of the co-authors of "Western Civilization - The Continuing Experiment" which in 1998 appears in its second edition.
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ISBN
9780333746370
Publisert
1998-05-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Vekt
524 gr
Høyde
222 mm
Bredde
141 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
336

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Biographical note

WILLIAM COHEN is Professor of History, Indiana University where he has taught since 1967. He is the author of several works, among them Rulers of Empire (1971), The French Encounter with Africans (1980), and one of the co-authors of Western Civilization-The Continuing Experiment which in 1998 appears in its second edition.