Making space for the dead catacombs, cemeteries, and the reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830 / Erin-Marie Legacey.

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 P©·re 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.
Abstract "This book unearths the revolutionary history of Paris's most famous spaces for the dead, including P©·re Lachaise Cemetery and the Paris Catacombs, and explains how they became powerful sources of collective identity for modern France"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2018042962
ISBN9781501715594 (cloth ; alk. paper)

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