Blood in the city : violence and revelation in Paris, 1789-1945 /
by Burton, Richard D. E.
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BookPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001Description: xv, 395 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0801438683 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Historic sites -- France -- Paris | Violence -- France -- Paris -- History | Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1900 | Paris (France) -- History -- 20th centuryOnline resources: Book review (H-Net) | Item type | Location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Paris à vol d'oiseau (1789-1914) -- Violent origins : the taking of the Bastille (July 1789) -- Killing the king : Place de la Révolution/Concorde (21 January 1793) -- Vendôme/Invalides : the Paris of the Bonapartes (1802-1871) -- Heart of the city : Place de Grève/Hôtel de Ville (1789-1871) -- The miraculous medal : Rue du Bac (1830) -- Killing the living, burying the dead : Père-Lachaise (1804-1945) -- Conversion? Paul Claudel at Notre-Dame (Christmas 1886) -- Church prowling : the back-to-front pilgrimage of Joris-Karl Huysmans (1884-1892)-- Marble versus iron : Sacré-Coeur and the Eiffel Tower (1871-1914) -- Operation Spring breeze : Rue des Rosiers, Vel' d'Hiv', Drancy (July-August 1942) -- Purging the city : Paris libre (August 1944-October 1945) -- Conclusion: blood in the city, 1789-1945 -- Sacrificial victims : a chronology.
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