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Human remains : medicine, death, and desire in nineteenth-century Paris /
The living and the dead cohabited Paris until the late 18th century, when, in the name of public health, measures were taken to drive the latter from the city. Cemeteries were removed from urban space, and corpses started to be viewed as terrifyingly noxious substances. Working across a broad range...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Forms of living.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The living and the dead cohabited Paris until the late 18th century, when, in the name of public health, measures were taken to drive the latter from the city. Cemeteries were removed from urban space, and corpses started to be viewed as terrifyingly noxious substances. Working across a broad range of disciplines this book seeks to understand the meaning of the dead and their role in creating one of the most important cities of the contemporary world. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 394 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823241262 0823241262 9780823269044 0823269043 |