UID:
almahu_9949386554202882
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 522 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
0429639848
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9780429643019
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0429643012
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9780429636677
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0429636679
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9780429028274
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042902827X
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9780429639845
Series Statement:
The Routledge histories
Content:
The Routledge History of Death Since 1800 looks at how death has been treated and dealt with in modern history - the history of the past 250 years - in a global context, through a mix of definite, often quantifiable changes and a complex, qualitative assessment of the subject. The book is divided into three parts, with the first considering major trends in death history and identifying widespread patterns of change and continuity in the material and cultural features of death since 1800. The secondpart turns to specifically regional experiences, and the third offers more specialized chapters on key topics in the modern history of death. Historical findings and debates feed directly into a current and prospective assessment of death, as many societies transition into patterns of ageing that will further alter the death experience and challenge modern reactions. Thus, a final chapter probes this topic, by way of introducing the links between historical experience and current trajectories, ensuring that the book gives the reader a framework for assessing the ongoing process, as well as an understanding of the past. Global in focus and linking death to a variety of major developments in modern global history, the volume is ideal for all those interested in the multifaceted history of how death is dealt with in different societies over time and who want access to the rich and growing historiography on the subject.
Note:
Introduction -- Part 1: General Patterns and Connections -- 1. Patterns Of Death, 1800-2020: Global Rates And Causes / Romola Davenport -- 2. Mass Death During Modern Epidemics: Horrors and Their Consequences / Samuel Cohn -- 3. Violent Death / Philip Dwyer -- 4. Suicidology on the Cusp of Modernity: Sociology and Psychiatry in the 19th Century / David Lederer -- 5. Death-Seeking Turns Political: A Historical Template For Terrorism / Anna Geifman -- 6. Toward a World Without the Death Penalty / Jon Yorke and Alice Storey -- 7. The Cemetery / Erin-Marie Legacey -- 8. Death, Commemoration, and the Era Of Total War In Europe / Jesse Kauffman -- 9. The Transformation of Death Discourse: From 'Taboo' to 'Revival' at the Threshold of the New Millennium / Michael Hviid Jacobsen -- Part 2: Regional Patterns -- 10. "Why may not man be one day immortal?": Rethinking Death in the Age of Enlightenment / Joseph Clarke
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11. "Now for the Grand Secret:" A History of the Post-Mortem Identity and Heavenly Reunions, 1800-2000 / John C. Weaver and Doug Munro -- 12. Death in Modern North American History / Peter N. Stearns -- 13. Death In Mexico: Image And Reality / Stanley Brandes -- 14. Death in Modern Japan (1800-2020) / Timothy Benedict -- 15. Picturing the Dead in Early Twentieth-Century China: Bodies, Burial, and the Photography of the Chinese Red Cross Burial Corps / Caroline Reeves -- 16. Remaking the Hindu Pyre: Cremation in India since the 1830s / David Arnold -- 17. Muslim Beliefs About Death; From Classical Formulations To Modern Applications / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- 18. Death in Africa: A History c.1800 to Present Day / Rebekah Lee and Megan Vaughan -- 19. Rituals Of Death In The Caribbean Diaspora, 1970-: The Immigrant Dilemmas / Garrey Michael Dennie -- Part 3: Special Topics -- 20. Premature Burial and the Mysteries of Death / Joanna Bourke
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21. Murdering Mothers and Dutiful Daughters: Infanticide in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Mexico / Nora E. Jaffary -- 22. 'I wish we could have saved him for you': Australia's experience of death and bereavement in war, 1914-1918 / Jen Roberts -- 23. Soviet Cemeteries / Svetlana Malysheva -- 24. Death in Modern Film / Thomas Britt -- 25. Of Presidential Mausoleums and Politics in Neo-Liberal Zambia, 2008 to 2018 / Walima T. Kalusa and Kelvin Chanda -- 26. Celebrating Creation and Commemorating Life: Ritualizing Pet Death in the U.S. and Japan / Barbara R. Ambros -- 27. Hospice: A Way to Die / Lucy Bregman -- 28. "A Profound Shift In Policy": The History Of Assisted Suicide / Ian Dowbiggin -- 29. Conclusion: Future Trajectories of Death: Speculations and Raising Questions / Cortney Hughes Rinker -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Routledge history of death since 1800. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 ISBN 036713716X
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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History
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.4324/9780429028274
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429028274
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