Facing the 'King of Terrors': Death and Society in an American Community, 1750-1990
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Facing the 'King of Terrors': Death and Society in an American Community, 1750-1990
Book Details
- Author
- Robert V. Wells
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- State & Local
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780521633192
- ISBN-10
- 0521633192
Free U.S. shipping on all orders. International shipping is calculated at checkout.
ISBN: 0521633192
Author: Wells, Robert V.
Condition: New
Death, a topic often neglected by historians, is in this book given the attention it deserves as one of the most important aspects of personal and societal experience. Facing the "King of Terrors" examines changes in the roles and perceptions of death in one American community, Schenectady, New York, from 1750 to 1990. It combines an in-depth look at patterns of death in society as a whole with an investigation of personal responses to such cultural customs.
Have a question?
Facing the 'King of Terrors': Death and Society in an American Community, 1750-1990
You May Also Like
More in American History
