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Revolutions in sorrow : the American experience of death in global perspective
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- Creator
- by Peter N. Stearns
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xii, 201 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1594514550, 9781594514555, 9781594514548, 1594514542
- OCLC
- ocn123539310
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and index.
- 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