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Facing the 'King of Terrors'
Robert V. Wells
其他書名
Death and Society in an American Community, 1750-1990
出版Cambridge University Press, 2000
主題History / United States / GeneralHistory / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)History / Modern / GeneralHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)History / Social HistorySocial Science / Death & Dying
ISBN05216331929780521633192
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-zkisAaBgagC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.