Erik R Seeman

Death in the New World

Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Erik R. Seeman is Professor of History at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 638g
• ISBN-13: 9780812221947
• ISBN-10: 081222194X
• Artikelnr.: 35057952

Autorenporträt

By Erik R. Seeman

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction: Ways of Dying, Ways of Living
Chapter 1. Old Worlds of Death
Chapter 2. First Encounters
Chapter 3. Burial and Disinterment in the Chesapeake
Chapter 4. Holy Bones and Beautiful Deaths in New France
Chapter 5. Grave Missions: Christianizing Death in New England
Chapter 6. Across the Waters: African American Deathways
Chapter 7. Crossing Boundaries, Keeping Faith: Jewish Deathways
Chapter 8. Burial and Condolence in the Seven Years' War
Conclusion: Ways of Living, Ways of Dying
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments