Death in America /
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Other Authors / Creators: | Ariès, Philippe. Stannard, David E. |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1975, c1974. |
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Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
Summary: | The subject of death is treated as an aspect of cultural history, which includes the ideas about God, sin, death, and damnation imparted to children in Puritan New England; nineteenth-century America's grim acceptance of, if not relish for, death; consolation literature in the nineteenth century; the "rural cemetery" movement; and death in Mormon and Mexican societies. Contributors : Philippe Ariès, Ann Douglas, Stanley French, Jack Goody, Patricia Fernández Kelly, Mary Ann Meyers, Lewis O. Saum, David E. Stannard. |
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Item Description: | "Substantial portions of this book were originally published in the American quarterly." |
Physical Description: | xv, 158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 0812276957 : 0812201840 pbk |