Death in the New World : cross-cultural encounters, 1492-1800 /

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Through a series of engrossing narratives, Death in the New World uses the customs surrounding death among Indians, Africans, and Europeans as a lens through which to examine the cross-cultural interactions in North America and the Caribbean in the three centuries following Columbus.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seeman, Erik R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
To 1810
Cross-cultural studies > America.
Mourning customs > America > History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > America > History.
Death > America > History.
Mort > Amérique > Histoire.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Amérique > Histoire.
Deuil > Coutumes > Amérique > Histoire.
Études transculturelles > Amérique.
HISTORY > North America.
Cross-cultural studies
Death
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Mourning customs
America > History > To 1810.
Amérique > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1810.
America
"Multi-User"
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: ways of dying, ways of living
  • Old worlds of death
  • First encounters
  • Burial and disinterment in the Chesapeake
  • Holy bones and beautiful deaths in New France
  • Grave missions: Christianizing death in New England
  • Across the waters: African American deathways
  • Crossing boundaries, keeping faith: Jewish deathways
  • Burial and condolence in the Seven Years' War
  • Conclusion: ways of living, ways of dying.

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