Revolutions in sorrow : the American experience of death in global perspective / by Peter N. Stearns.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:U.S. history in international perspective.
Main Author: Stearns, Peter N.
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2007], ©2007.
Series:U.S. history in international perspective.
Subjects:
Death > Social aspects.
Death > Social aspects > United States.
Death > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Social change.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.
Physical Description:xii, 201 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Why death? Why the United States?
  • Traditional patterns of death
  • New emotions and rituals in death : the United States and western society
  • The administration of death in the nineteenth century
  • The death revolution in western society and its global implications
  • Death as taboo : the American case
  • The comparative context : global patterns of change
  • From personal death to social policies
  • Abortion disputes and contemporary death culture
  • The death penalty and its enemies : new global divisions
  • Contemporary war and contemporary death
  • Conclusion.