| Other author/creator | Erasmo, Mario, editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrmVPDbMpPVDgvDfVYbMP |
| Other author/creator | Kinch, Ashby, editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyJtxWRMC6YRmVQvDtRJC |
| Other author/creator | Raeburn, Gordon D., editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjDfH3wcJWJqKWGrPbjDMP |
| Other author/creator | Warne, Nathaniel A., editor. |
| Other author/creator | Freedman, Jeffrey, 1957- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjMHcQTRvHm7yr4FwKfkQq |
| Other author/creator | MacDonald, Helen (Helen Patricia), editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjMByHXChpHRqPDJkKC4YK |
| Other author/creator | Davies, Douglas J. (Douglas James), editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdM7Xh3cBmvg47VcXxkXd |
| Contents |
v. 1. A cultural history of death in Antiquity / edited by Mario Erasmo -- v. 2. A cultural history of death in the Middle Ages / edited by Ashby Kinch -- v. 3. A cultural history of death in the Renaissance / edited by Gordon D. Raeburn and Nathaniel A. Warne -- v. 4. A cultural history of death in the Age of Enlightenment / edited by Jeffrey Freedman -- v. 5. A cultural history of death in the Age of Empire / edited by Helen MacDonald -- v. 6. A cultural history of death in the Modern Age / edited by Douglas J. Davies. |
| Abstract |
"How has our understanding of death evolved over the course of 2,500 years? What can recorded history tell us about how different cultures and societies have felt about, experienced, responded to and marked the occasion of death across different periods and lands? These are the questions pursued by 54 experts in this landmark work that explores the way past societies thought, behaved and developed as they wrestled with enormity of their own mortality. The volumes draw on history, anthropology and cultural studies to carve a complete picture of death, its symbols and interpretations from Antiquity to the present day. Individual editors ensure volumes are cohesive and chapter titles are also identical across the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or tracing a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six."--Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Cross-cultural studies. |
| ISBN | 9781472536266 6 volume set hardcover |
| ISBN | 1472536266 6 volume set hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781472537522 (v.1 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1472537521 (v.1 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781472537515 (v.2 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1472537513 (v.2 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781472537560 (v.3 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1472537564 (v.3 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781472537539 (v.4 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 147253753X (v.4 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781472537546 (v.5 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1472537548 (v.5 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781472537553 (v.6 ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1472537556 (v.6 ; alk. paper) |
