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The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in Eighteenth-Century Paris
The Architecture of Death The Transformation of the Cemetery in EighteenthCentury Paris
Author: Richard A. Etlin
In the eighteenth century Paris underwent a remarkable transformation in Western attitudes about life and death. The Architecture of Death traces this change through six pivotal decades, and analyzes the intellectual and social concerns that led to the establishment of a new kind of urban institution - the municipal cemetery. Drawing heav...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262050272
ISBN-10: 0262050277
Pages: 441
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Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Book Type: Hardcover
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