Death, Deeds, and Descendents: Inheritance in Modern America 0202303985, 9780202303987

Death in America 0812276957, 0812201840

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Mortal Remains: Death in Early America 9780812208061

"These 12 short, highly focused essays analyze how experiences with death and the imagery associated with it influe

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Death in the Modern World 1526402947, 9781526402943

Death comes to all humans, but how death is managed, symbolised and experienced varies widely, not only between individu

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Antifundamentalism in Modern America 9781501708541

David Harrington Watt's Antifundamentalism in Modern America gives us a pathbreaking account of the role that the f

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Life after Death? : Inheritance, Burial Practices, and Family Heirlooms [1 ed.] 9781534504189, 9781534504202

While death is a universal experience, the traditions that surround it differ from culture to culture. How should the bo

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Choosing Death: Suicide and Calvinism in Early Modern Geneva 9780271091044

In this case study of the Republic of Geneva, Jeffrey R. Watt convincingly argues the early modern era marked decisive c

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Embodied Narration: Illness, Death and Dying in Modern Culture 9783839443064

Do liminal embodied experiences such as illness, death and dying affect literary form? In recent years, the concept of e

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Inheritance in Public Policy 9780300160550

Although politicians promise innovation and change when they run for office, once elected they face inherited commitment

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Inheritance in Contemporary America : The Social Dimensions of Giving Across Generations [1 ed.] 9781421401683, 9780801887635

With the baby boom generation on the cusp of retirement, life expectancies on the rise, and the nation's cultural m

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Sameness in Diversity: Food and Globalization in Modern America 9780520975286

Americans of the 1960s would have trouble navigating the grocery aisles and restaurant menus of today. Once-exotic ingre

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