UID:
almafu_9959227325602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 236 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
0-19-028118-9
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1-280-52283-6
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9786610522835
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0-19-802021-X
Inhalt:
This is more than a book about Puritans or about death. It is also about family, community, and identity in the modern world. The book is an intelligent and highly original study of 17th-century attitudes toward death, which were profoundly different from those in our own time. Prof. Stannard's object is not merely to understand that period but to provide a perspective on the present. He skillfully combines historical research with important hypotheses concerning social change. The book rests upon a strong command of social science literature and is written with grace and style. Illustrations.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; I. INTRODUCTION; 1. Death in the Western Tradition; II. THE PURITAN WAY OF DEATH; 2. The World of the Puritan; 3. Death and Childhood; 4. Death and Dying; 5. Death and Burial; 6. Death and Decline; III. EPILOGUE; 7. Toward an American Way of Death; Notes; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-19-502521-0
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-19-502226-2
Sprache:
Englisch
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