Paris Is Not Dead

A street-level peoples view of one of the worlds beloved cities, in a stunning debut that blends cutting-edge reporting and sweeping political analysis of a changing ParisWorking-class Paris is still around today, as real as the cobblestones, gray zinc roofs, and dusty railyards cutting through its neighborhoods. from the introductionThe Paris of popular imagination is lined with cobblestone streets and stylish cafs, a beacon for fashionistas and well-heeled tourists. But French-American journalist Cole Stangler, celebrated for his reporting on Paris and French politics, argues that the beating heart of the City of Light lies elsewherein its striving, working-class districts whose residents are being priced out of their hometown today.Paris Is Not Dead explores the past, present, and future of the City of Light through the lens of class conflict, highlighting the outsized role of immigrants in shaping the citys progressive, cosmopolitan, and open-minded characterat a time when politics nationwide can feel like theyre shifting in the opposite direction. This is the Paris many tourists too often miss: immigrant-heavy districts such as the 18th arrondissement, where crowded street markets still define everyday life. Stangler brings this view of the city to life, combining gripping, street-level reportage, stories of todays working-class Parisians, recent history, and a sweeping analysis of the larger forces shaping the city.In the tradition of Lucy Sante and Mike Davis, Paris Is Not Dead offers a bottom-up portrait of one of the worlds most vital urban centersand a call to action to Francophiles and all who care about the future of cities everywhere.