HIST 1095 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Charles Marville, Street Photography, Haussmann'S Renovation Of Paris

• School: York University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1095
• Professor: Jennifer Stephen

Document Summary

Readings: david harvey, prologue (part two)", the organization of. Space relations" and the state" and marville photographs: theme: seeing the city (surveillance) , 2 distinct ways of seeing the city! Haussmann creates city gives viewer panorama view of city (ex. google maps) - gives us perspective of god - look down at city and comprehend it in a certain way ! Napoleon iii to haussmann (robb, p. 147): "you did it for the view" ! A city of statistics (147); symmetry (147)! Everything is precisely where it ought to be in relation to everything else" (143-4)! Harvey: creates a clear spatial framework for capitalism and class society and a city suited to surveillance! When you create city with wide boulevards - suited to surveillance (can be seen) - be controlled and understand it : another side of city emerges in 19th century!