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The Village of Cannibals

Rage and Murder in France, 1870

Alain Corbin

Translated by Arthur Goldhammer

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ISBN 9780674939011

Publication Date: 10/15/1993

172 pages

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1. A Consistency of Sentiment
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3. The Celebration of Murder
4. Monstrous Brutes
Conclusion
Notes
Index

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