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almafu_9958352434902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (384 pages) :
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illustrations.
Ausgabe:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812206005
Serie:
Early American Studies
Inhalt:
Through a series of engrossing narratives, Death in the New World uses the customs surrounding death among Indians, Africans, and Europeans as a lens through which to examine the cross-cultural interactions in North America and the Caribbean in the three centuries following Columbus.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Introduction: Ways of Dying, Ways of Living --
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Chapter 1. Old Worlds of Death --
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Chapter 2. First Encounters --
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Chapter 3. Burial and Disinterment in the Chesapeake --
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Chapter 4. Holy Bones and Beautiful Deaths in New France --
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Chapter 5. Grave Missions: Christianizing Death in New England --
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Chapter 6. Across the Waters: African American Deathways --
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Chapter 7. Crossing Boundaries, Keeping Faith: Jewish Deathways --
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Chapter 8. Burial and Condolence in the Seven Years’ War --
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Conclusion: Ways of Living, Ways of Dying --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.9783/9780812206005
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206005
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206005
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