Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Rough Crossings; The Doll in the Diligence; The Devil in the Channel; A Boulevard in Marylebone; 1: The Restless House; The Invention of the Immeuble; Slums in the Sky; Piping Hot!; Mansions in the Sky; 2: The Street; Mean Streets; Window-Shoppers; Signs and Wonders; The Sandwich-Man; 3: The Restaurant; The Palais Royal; The Restaurant's Rivals; Dining Alone; The Celebrity Chef; 4: The Dance; The Chahut; A Champagne Swell; Finette; Skirt Dancing; Gay Paree; 5: The Underworld; The Spectator-Owl; Making the Night Visible
Vidocq, the French Police SpyCuvier's Anatomy of Crime; 'Monsieur Lecoq!'; 6: Dead and Buried; Elegies and Elysiums; Père Lachaise; A Railway to the Other World; Resurrection Men; The First Garden Suburbs; Notes; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Note on the Author; List of Illustrations; Index
Summary
"Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the period 1750-1914, when they vied to be the world's greatest city. Each city has been the focus of many books, yet Jonathan Conlin here explores the complex relationship between them for the first time. The reach and influence of both cities was such that the story of their rivalry has global implications. By borrowing, imitating and learning from each other Paris and London invented the true metropolis. Tales of Two Cities examines and compares five urban spaces-the pleasure garden, the cemetery, the apartment, the restaurant and the music hall-that defined urban modernity in the nineteenth century. The citizens of Paris and London first created these essential features of the modern cityscape and so defined urban living for all of us"-- Provided by publisher
