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100 1  $a Stearns, Peter N.
245 1  $a Revolutions in sorrow : $b the American experience of death in global perspective / $c by Peter N. Stearns.
260    $a Boulder : $b Paradigm Publishers, $c c2007.
300    $a xii, 201 p. ; $c 23 cm.
440  0 $a U.S. history in international perspective
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-193) and index.
505 0  $a Introduction: Why death? Why the United States? -- Traditional patterns of death -- New emotions and rituals in death : the United States and western society -- The administration of death in the nineteenth century -- The death revolution in western society and its global implications -- Death as taboo : the American case -- The comparative context : global patterns of change -- From personal death to social policies -- Abortion disputes and contemporary death culture -- The death penalty and its enemies : new global divisions -- Contemporary war and contemporary death -- Conclusion.
650  0 $a Death $x Social aspects.
650  0 $a Death $x Social aspects $z United States.
650  0 $a Death $x Social aspects $v Cross-cultural studies.
650  0 $a Social change.
650 12 $a Attitude to Death $z United States.
650 22 $a Cross-Cultural Comparison $z United States.
650 22 $a Social Change $z United States.
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