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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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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 210 pages
- Contents
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- 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. --
- Isbn
- 9781501715594
- Label
- Making space for the dead : catacombs, cemeteries, and the reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830
- Title
- Making space for the dead
- Title remainder
- catacombs, cemeteries, and the reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830
- Statement of responsibility
- Erin-Marie Legacey
- Subject
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- Burial -- Social aspects -- France | Paris -- History -- 19th century
- Catacombs -- France | Paris -- History
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence
- Burial -- Social aspects -- France | Paris -- History -- 18th century
- Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Père-Lachaise (Cemetery : Paris, France) -- History
- Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Legacey, Erin-Marie
- Dewey number
- 393.10944361
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Père-Lachaise (Cemetery : Paris, France)
- Burial
- Burial
- Catacombs
- Paris (France)
- Paris (France)
- France
- Label
- Making space for the dead : catacombs, cemeteries, and the reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830, Erin-Marie Legacey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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. --
- Control code
- on1055570485
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 210 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501715594
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1055570485
- Label
- Making space for the dead : catacombs, cemeteries, and the reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830, Erin-Marie Legacey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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. --
- Control code
- on1055570485
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 210 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501715594
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1055570485
Subject
- Burial -- Social aspects -- France | Paris -- History -- 19th century
- Catacombs -- France | Paris -- History
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence
- Burial -- Social aspects -- France | Paris -- History -- 18th century
- Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Père-Lachaise (Cemetery : Paris, France) -- History
- Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
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