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Death, grief and poverty in Britain, 1870-1914 /
Julie-Marie Strange studies the expression of grief among the working class in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, demonstrating that poverty increased - rather than deadened - it. She illustrates the mourning practices of the working classes through chapters addressing care of the corpse, the funeral,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Cambridge social and cultural histories ;
6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Julie-Marie Strange studies the expression of grief among the working class in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, demonstrating that poverty increased - rather than deadened - it. She illustrates the mourning practices of the working classes through chapters addressing care of the corpse, the funeral, the cemetery, and commemoration. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 294 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511126158 9780511126154 0511125658 9780511125652 0511125291 9780511125294 9780511496080 0511496087 1280202920 9781280202926 0511199635 9780511199639 0511300212 9780511300219 9780521168625 0521168627 |