The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in Eighteenth-Century Paris
by Etlin, Richard A
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- Hardcover
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- VG- (foxing spots along upper edge, small tears in dj, interior clean and tight)
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- 0262050277
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- 9780262050272
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Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1984. Hardcover. VG- (foxing spots along upper edge, small tears in dj, interior clean and tight). Gray cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine, illustrated dust jacket, 441 pp, profusely illustrated in bw illustrations. In the eighteenth century, Paris underwent a radical change 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.-dj Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-429) and index.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
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- Title
- The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in Eighteenth-Century Paris
- Author
- Etlin, Richard A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (foxing spots along upper edge, small tears in dj, interior clean and tight)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0262050277
- ISBN 13
- 9780262050272
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- European Architecture ; cemeteries ; ;
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