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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.
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British Museum | Britain Europe and Prehistory | Shelves | COL 3a (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 10014578 | ||
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British Museum | Africa Oceania and the Americas | Open Shelves | KUA [SEE-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | M48167 |
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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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