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Death In England: An Illustrated History
Peter Jupp
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Description for Death In England: An Illustrated History
Paperback. This work provides a social history of death from the earliest times to Diana, Princess of Wales. As we discard the 20th century taboo about death, this book charts the story of the way in which our forebears coped with a fundamental aspects of their daily lives. Editor(s): Jupp, Peter; Gittings, Clare. Num Pages: 304 pages, 120 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 564.
Death in England provides the first ever social history of death from the earliest times 500,000 BC to Diana, Princess of Wales.. The book reveals how attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone constant change: how, why and at what ages people died; plagues and violence; wills and deathbeds; funerals and memorials; beliefs and bereavement.. Richly illustrated - striking and often very powerful images.. In time with the spirit of the age and coming Millenium key scholars in their field write on their respective periods.. With the recent upturn of popular interest in death - through films,TV, books ... Read more
Death in England provides the first ever social history of death from the earliest times 500,000 BC to Diana, Princess of Wales.. The book reveals how attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone constant change: how, why and at what ages people died; plagues and violence; wills and deathbeds; funerals and memorials; beliefs and bereavement.. Richly illustrated - striking and often very powerful images.. In time with the spirit of the age and coming Millenium key scholars in their field write on their respective periods.. With the recent upturn of popular interest in death - through films,TV, books ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
563g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719058110
SKU
V9780719058110
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About Peter Jupp
Peter C. Jupp is Visiting Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Bristol. Clare Gittings is Education Officer at the National Portrait Gallery, London -- .
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