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Introduction : the revolution of the dead
The problem of the dead : in which the French Revolution interrupts and intervenes in Paris's pre-existing burial crisis
The solution of the dead : in which a range of experts and amateurs imagine a new burial culture for Paris after the Terror
The city of the dead : in which Parisians visit and respond to their city's new burial space, the cemetery of Père Lachaise
The empire of the dead : in which thousands of visitors descend ninety feet below the city to tour the newly-opened Paris catacombs
The museum of the dead : in which the artist and Alexandre Lenoir displays the dead as history in the museum of French monuments
Conclusion : the historian of the dead : in which the romantic historian Jules Michelet resurrects the history of France in Parisian spaces for the dead.
The problem of the dead : in which the French Revolution interrupts and intervenes in Paris's pre-existing burial crisis
The solution of the dead : in which a range of experts and amateurs imagine a new burial culture for Paris after the Terror
The city of the dead : in which Parisians visit and respond to their city's new burial space, the cemetery of Père Lachaise
The empire of the dead : in which thousands of visitors descend ninety feet below the city to tour the newly-opened Paris catacombs
The museum of the dead : in which the artist and Alexandre Lenoir displays the dead as history in the museum of French monuments
Conclusion : the historian of the dead : in which the romantic historian Jules Michelet resurrects the history of France in Parisian spaces for the dead.