A Study of the Intellectual and Material Culture of Death in Nineteenth-Century America

A Study of the Intellectual and Material Culture of Death in Nineteenth-Century America - Studies in American History

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Publisher's Synopsis

Using an American Studies approach, this text seeks to synthesize existing literature while applying a new interpretive framework to the subject. It examines the meaning of death & death rituals in a society that valued both what was common to all & what was distinct about each.

Book information

ISBN: 9780773468238
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.9097309034
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 214
Weight: 521g
Height: 235mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 12mm