Mortal Remains: Death in Early America

by Andrew Burstein

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Mortal Remains introduces new methods of analyzing death and its crucial meanings over a 240-year period, from 1620 to 1860, untangling its influence on other forms of cultural expression, from religion and politics to race relations and the nature of war. In this volume historians and literary scholars join forces to explore how, in a medically primitive and politically evolving environment, mortality became an issue that was inseparable...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:081221823X

ISBN13:9780812218237

Release Date:October 2002

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Colonial Period Death & Grief Education & Reference Grief & Bereavement Historical Study & Educational Resources History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Parenting & Relationships Study & Teaching

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