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The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in 18th Century Paris

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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.

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The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in 18th Century Paris 1987, Mit Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780262550154

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