{"product_id":"making-modern-paris-christopher-curtis-mead-9780271050874","title":"Making Modern Paris: Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the Urban Practice of Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name of the architect Victor Baltard is inseparable from the Halles Centrales of Paris, the complex of iron-and-glass pavilions built between 1854 and 1874 in the historic heart of the city. \u003ci\u003eMaking Modern Paris\u003c\/i\u003e is the only comprehensive study to address systematically not only the role Baltard played in the markets' design and construction but also how the markets relate to the rest of Baltard's work and professional practice. Christopher Curtis Mead interprets the Central Markets as a cogent expression of Baltard's professional experience as he adjusted his academic training to new criteria of municipal administration, urban planning, and building technology. Considering his entire career over the three decades he worked for the Prefecture of the Seine, this investigation of how architectural and urban practice came together in Baltard's work offers a case study of the historical process that produced modern Paris between 1840 and 1870.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Curtis Mead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 027105087X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271050874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 9.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013","brand":"Christopher Curtis Mead","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447609667839,"sku":"9780271050874","price":117.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e161f3b6-a05d-4e49-8f81-8aeb4faf4cae.jpg?v=1777233836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-modern-paris-christopher-curtis-mead-9780271050874","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}