ISBN:
9780812221947
,
9780812242294
Language:
English
Pages:
372 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2010
Series Statement:
Early American studies
DDC:
306.9097
Keywords:
Death History
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies History
;
Mourning customs History
;
Cross-cultural studies
;
America History To 1810
;
USA
;
Europäer
;
Indianer
;
Afrikaner
;
Tod
;
Trauer
;
Kulturkontakt
;
Geschichte 1492-1800
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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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