Facing the 'King of Terrors': Death and Society in an American Community, 1750-1990Death, a topic often neglected by historians, is in this book given the attention it deserves as one of the most important aspects of personal and societal experience. Facing the "King of Terrors" examines changes in the roles and perceptions of death in one American community, Schenectady, New York, from 1750 to 1990. It combines an in-depth look at patterns of death in society as a whole with an investigation of personal responses to such cultural customs. |
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Facing the 'King of Terrors': Death and Society in an American Community ... Robert V. Wells No preview available - 2006 |
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Agnes Albany American appeared April April 12 April 20 attitudes toward death became body buried Cabinet causes of death Charles cholera Christian church Clute coffins Common Council cultural dead Diary died diphtheria disease dying epidemic epitaphs family and friends father Fronk Gazette grave markers grief Harriet Helen Henry Glen John John Calvin John Clute Jonathan Pearson July July 18 June King of Terrors later letters Lewis living loss March Mary memorial monument mortality mother mourning Mynderse nectady newspaper nineteenth century noted obituary offered Paige paper parents Peissner perhaps Philippe Ariès Plate plot reassured reflected Reflector remarked reminded reported rituals of death Sche Schenectady Schenectady County Sebring Sept smallpox stone story Street symbols thought Timeson town tuberculosis twentieth century UCSC Union College Vale Cemetery William wrote York young
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Write to Death: News Framing of the Right to Die Conflict, from Quinlan's ... Elizabeth A. Gailey No preview available - 2003 |
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism Barbara Weisberg Limited preview - 2009 |