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SUMMARY:Urban modernity: reconsidering Paris from 1852 to 1914 - Miriam R.
  Levin (Case Western Reserve University)
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CONTACT:Karin Ekholm
DESCRIPTION:At the close of the 19th century\, industrialization and urban
 ization marked the end of the traditional understanding of society as root
 ed in agriculture. Paris was both the cultural capital of the 19th century
  and an international symbol of modernity. This lecture will discuss the e
 fforts of Paris-based urban elites under two different political regimes t
 o construct an urban-centred\, industrial-based culture – an entirely ne
 w social reality based on science and technology. The synergy they created
  among expositions\, urban rebuilding and museums provides the foundation 
 for a new understanding of modernity's history in which science and techno
 logy were constitutive. These and similar efforts in London\, Chicago\, Be
 rlin and Tokyo are the subject of a new book by Professor Levin and four c
 olleagues.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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