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Death in the New World : cross-cultural encounters, 1492-1800 / Erik R. Seeman.

By: Seeman, Erik R
Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010.Description: xi, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780812242294DDC classification: 306.9097
Contents:
Old worlds of death -- First encounters -- Burial and disinterment in the Chesapeake -- Holy bones and beautiful deaths in New France -- Grave missions: Christianizing death in New England -- Across the waters: African American deathways -- Crossing boundaries, keeping faith: Jewish deathways -- Burial and condolence in the Seven Years' War -- Conclusion: ways of living, ways of dying.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Britain Europe and Prehistory Shelves COL 3a (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 10014578
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KUA [SEE-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M48167
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Old worlds of death -- First encounters -- Burial and disinterment in the Chesapeake -- Holy bones and beautiful deaths in New France -- Grave missions: Christianizing death in New England -- Across the waters: African American deathways -- Crossing boundaries, keeping faith: Jewish deathways -- Burial and condolence in the Seven Years' War -- Conclusion: ways of living, ways of dying.

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