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

Englisch

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]

© 2010

372 Seiten : Illustrationen

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978-0-8122-2194-7 pbk.

978-0-8122-4229-4 hbk. : alk. paper

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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*USA / Europäer / Indianer / Afrikaner / Tod / Trauer / Kulturkontakt / Geschichte 1492-1800

*Death -- America -- History ; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- America -- History ; Mourning customs -- America -- History ; Cross-cultural studies -- America ; America -- History -- To 1810

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: HQ1073.5.A45

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 306.9097

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: NK 5270: N Geschichte / NK Weltgeschichte, Darstellungen Allgemeine Geschichte einzelner Staaten und Völker Teilgebiete der Geschichte, Sammelwerke / USA

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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