Revolutions in sorrow
Subtitle: the American experience of death in global perspective
By: by Peter N. Stearns.
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594514548
Subjects: Death -- Social aspects; Death -- Social aspects -- United States; Death -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies; Social change
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why death? Why the United States?; title: Traditional patterns of death; title: New emotions and rituals in death : the United States and western society; title: The administration of death in the nineteenth century; title: The death revolution in western society and its global implications; title: Death as taboo : the U.S. case; title: The comparative context : global patterns of change; title: From personal death to social policies; title: Abortion disputes and contemporary death culture; title: The death penalty and its enemies : new global divisions; title: Contemporary war and contemporary death; title: Conclusion.