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Author:

Seeman, Erik R.

Title:

Death in the New World : cross-cultural encounters, 1492-1800 / Erik R. Seeman.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Death--America--History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--America--History.
Mourning customs--America--History.
Cross-cultural studies--America.
America--History--To 1810.
Thanatology--United States.
Attitude to Death--United States.
Funeral Rites--history--United States.
History, 17th Century--United States.
History, 18th Century--United States.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Conclusion: ways of living, ways of dying. 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.

Series:

Early American studies

ISBN:

0812242297 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780812242294 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)461323942

LCCN:

2009043381

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)