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Revolutions in sorrow : the American experience of death in global perspective
- Title
- Revolutions in sorrow : the American experience of death in global perspective / by Peter N. Stearns.
- Author
- Stearns, Peter N.
- Publication
- Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, c2007.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 201 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- U.S. history in international perspective
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-193) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Why death? Why the United States? -- Traditional patterns of death -- New emotions and rituals in death : the United States and western society -- The administration of death in the nineteenth century -- The death revolution in western society and its global implications -- Death as taboo : the American case -- The comparative context : global patterns of change -- From personal death to social policies -- Abortion disputes and contemporary death culture -- The death penalty and its enemies : new global divisions -- Contemporary war and contemporary death -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-5541
- ISBN
- 1594514550
- 9781594514555
- 9781594514548 (alk. paper)
- 1594514542 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007015264
- OCLC
- 123539310
- Author
- Stearns, Peter N.
- Title
- Revolutions in sorrow : the American experience of death in global perspective / by Peter N. Stearns.
- Imprint
- Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, c2007.
- Series
- U.S. history in international perspective
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-193) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-5541