Facing the 'King of Terrors'
Subtitle: Death and Society in an American Community, 17501990
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780521633192
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Death & Dying; United States - State & Local - General; Social History; History; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; Death And Dying (Sociological Aspects); Sociology; History - U.S.; Schenectady; USA; Death--Social aspects--New York (State)--Schenectady--History; History / United States / General; Social aspects; Sociology - General; United States - General; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Mortality; New York (State)
First sentence: The death of Joseph Ebinger is easy to overlook.