Death in the New World : Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-18 /

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Seeman, Erik R.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010.
Collection:Early American studies.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Cross-cultural studies > America.
Mourning customs > America > History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > America > History.
Death > America > History.
America > History > To 1810.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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