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Making space for the dead : catacombs, cemeteries, and the reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830 / Erin-Marie Legacey.
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Legacey, Erin-Marie, 1979-
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English
Published/Created
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2019.
©2019
Description
xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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GT3249.P37 L44 2019
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Subject(s)
Burial
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Social aspects
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France
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Paris
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History
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18th century
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Burial
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Social aspects
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France
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Paris
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History
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19th century
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Catacombs
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France
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Paris
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History
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Paris (France)
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Social life and customs
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18th century
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Paris (France)
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Social life and customs
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19th century
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France
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History
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Revolution, 1789-1799
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Influence
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Père-Lachaise (Cemetery : Paris, France)
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History
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Summary note
"This book unearths the revolutionary history of Paris's most famous spaces for the dead, including Père Lachaise Cemetery and the Paris Catacombs, and explains how they became powerful sources of collective identity for modern France"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the revolution of the dead
The problem of the dead : in which the French Revolution interrupts and intervenes in Paris's pre-existing burial crisis
The solution of the dead : in which a range of experts and amateurs imagine a new burial culture for Paris after the Terror
The city of the dead : in which Parisians visit and respond to their city's new burial space, the cemetery of Père Lachaise
The empire of the dead : in which thousands of visitors descend ninety feet below the city to tour the newly-opened Paris catacombs
The museum of the dead : in which the artist and Alexandre Lenoir displays the dead as history in the museum of French monuments
Conclusion : the historian of the dead : in which the romantic historian Jules Michelet resurrects the history of France in Parisian spaces for the dead.
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ISBN
9781501715594 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
1501715593 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
LCCN
2018042962
OCLC
1055570485
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