| Description |
xv, 395 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Paris a vol d'oiseau (1789-1914) -- Violent origins : the taking of the Bastille (July 1789) -- Killing the king : Place de la Revolution/Concorde (21 January 1793) -- Vendôme/Invalides : the Paris of the Bonapartes (1802-1871) -- Heart of the city : Place de Greve/Hôtel de Ville (1789-1871) -- The miraculous medal : Rue du Bac (1830) -- Killing the living, burying the dead : Pere-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 : Sacre-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. |
| Subject |
Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1900.
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Paris (France) -- History -- 20th century.
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Historic sites -- France -- Paris.
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Violence -- France -- Paris -- History.
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| ISBN |
0801438683 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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