ISBN:
0521694299
,
9780521694292
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 297 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version A Social History of Dying
DDC:
306.9
Keywords:
Death
;
Death Social aspects
;
History
Abstract:
A Social History of Dying examines the major challenges we will face for our eventual deaths
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; WHAT IS DYING?; THE AIM OF THIS BOOK; OVERVIEW; PART I The Stone Age; CHAPTER ONE The Dawn of Mortal Awareness; CHAPTER TWO Otherworld Journeys: Death as Dying; CHAPTER THREE The First Challenge: Anticipating Death; PART II The Pastoral Age; CHAPTER FOUR The Emergence of Sedentism; CHAPTER FIVE The Birth of the Good Death; CHAPTER SIX The Second Challenge: Preparing for Death; PART III The Age of the City; CHAPTER SEVEN The Rise and Spread of Cities; CHAPTER EIGHT The Birth of the Well-Managed Death
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER NINE The Third Challenge: Taming DeathPART IV The Cosmopolitan Age; CHAPTER TEN The Exponential Rise of Modernity; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Birth of the Shameful Death; CHAPTER TWELVE The Final Challenge: Timing Death; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-280) and index
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