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A social history of dying

Kellehear, Allan, (1955-.)

A social history of dying

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A social history of dyingAllan Kellehear.
Author:	Kellehear, Allan,
Published:	Cambridge ;Cambridge University Press,2007.
Description:	x, 297 p.
Subject:	Death.
Online resource:	Access by subscription
ISBN:	9780521694292

A social history of dying
Kellehear, Allan,1955-.

A social history of dying[electronic resource] /Allan Kellehear. - Cambridge ;Cambridge University Press,2007. - x, 297 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The stone age -- The dawn of mortal awareness -- Otherworld journeys: death as dying -- The first challenge : anticipating death -- The pastoral age -- The emergence of sedentism -- The birth of the good death -- The second challenge: preparing for death -- The age of the city -- The rise and spread of cities -- The birth of the well- managed death -- The third challenge: taming death -- The cosmopolitan age -- The exponential rise of modernity -- The birth of the shameful death -- The final challenge: timing death.

ISBN: 9780521694292

LCCN: 2006022375

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA689856bnbSubjects--Topical Terms:

178740
Death.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ1073 / .K44 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 306.9

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