Making space for the dead catacombs, cemeteries, and the reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830 Legacey, Erin-Marie 1979- creator author. text bibliography History. nyu 2019 2019 monographic eng print xiv, 210 pages ; 24 cm "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"-- 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. Erin-Marie Legacey. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-fr--- Père-Lachaise (Cemetery : Paris, France) History Burial Social aspects France Paris History 18th century Burial Social aspects France Paris History 19th century Catacombs France Paris History Paris (France) Social life and customs 18th century Paris (France) Social life and customs 19th century France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Influence Père-Lachaise (Cemetery : Paris, France) Revolution (France : 1789-1799) Catacombs Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Manners and customs France France Paris 1700-1899 fast GT3249.P37 L44 2019 393/.10944361 Making space for the dead Legacey, Erin-Marie, 1979- author. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 (DLC) 2018046294 9781501715594 1501715593 2018042962 NIC/DLC 180907 20191018134647.0 in00004173184 eng