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Death in America
Philippe Aries... [et al.]; edited, with an introduction by David E. Stannard
Publisher: [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1975.
ISBN: 0812276957   DDC: 301.21   LCC: GT3203  

Notes:

"Substantial portions of this book were originally published in the
American quarterly.".

Contents: Goody, J. Death and the interpretation of
culture.--Stannard, D. E. Death and the Puritan child.--Saum, L. O.
Death in the popular mind of pre-Civil War America.--Douglas, A.
Heaven our home: consolation literature in the northern United
States, 1830-1880.--French, S. The cemetery as cultural
institution.--Kelly, P. F. Death in Mexican folk culture.--Meyers, M.
A. Gates ajar: death in Mormon thought and practice.--Ariès, P. The
reversal of death.

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Dewey Class: 301.21 -- Sociology & anthropology
LCC Number: GT3203

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xv, 158 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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