This book looks at how death has been treated and dealt with in modern history in a global context through a mix of definite, often quantifiable changes, and complex, qualitative assessment of the subject. It is ideal for those interested in death across time and space and in the rich and growing historiography on the subject.
This book looks at how death has been treated and dealt with in modern history in a global context through a mix of definite, often quantifiable changes, and complex, qualitative assessment of the subject. It is ideal for those interested in death across time and space and in the rich and growing historiography on the subject.
Peter N. Stearns is University Professor of History at George Mason University, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1: General Patterns and Connections 1. Patterns Of Death, 1800-2020: Global Rates And Causes 2. Mass Death During Modern Epidemics: Horrors and Their Consequences 3. Violent Death 4. Suicidology on the Cusp of Modernity: Sociology and Psychiatry in the 19th Century 5. Death-Seeking Turns Political: A Historical Template For Terrorism 6. Toward a World Without the Death Penalty 7. The Cemetery 8. Death, Commemoration, and the Era Of Total War In Europe 9. The Transformation of Death Discourse: From 'Taboo' to 'Revival' at the Threshold of the New Millennium Part 2: Regional Patterns 10. "Why may not man be one day immortal?": Rethinking Death in the Age of Enlightenment 11. "Now for the Grand Secret:" A History of the Post-Mortem Identity and Heavenly Reunions, 1800-2000 12. Death in Modern North American History 13. Death In Mexico: Image And Reality 14. Death in Modern Japan (1800-2020) 15. Picturing the Dead in Early Twentieth-Century China: Bodies, Burial, and the Photography of the Chinese Red Cross Burial Corps 16. Remaking the Hindu Pyre: Cremation in India since the 1830s 17. Muslim Beliefs About Death; From Classical Formulations To Modern Applications 18. Death in Africa: A History c.1800 to Present Day 19. Rituals Of Death In The Caribbean Diaspora, 1970-: The Immigrant Dilemmas Part 3: Special Topics 20. Premature Burial and the Mysteries of Death 21. Murdering Mothers and Dutiful Daughters: Infanticide in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Mexico 22. 'I wish we could have saved him for you': Australia's experience of death and bereavement in war, 1914-1918 23. Soviet Cemeteries 24. Death in Modern Film 25. Of Presidential Mausoleums and Politics in Neo-Liberal Zambia, 2008 to 2018 26. Celebrating Creation and Commemorating Life: Ritualizing Pet Death in the U.S. and Japan 27. Hospice: A Way to Die 28. "A Profound Shift In Policy": The History Of Assisted Suicide 29. Conclusion: Future Trajectories of Death: Speculations and Raising Questions
Part 1: General Patterns and Connections 1. Patterns Of Death, 1800-2020: Global Rates And Causes 2. Mass Death During Modern Epidemics: Horrors and Their Consequences 3. Violent Death 4. Suicidology on the Cusp of Modernity: Sociology and Psychiatry in the 19th Century 5. Death-Seeking Turns Political: A Historical Template For Terrorism 6. Toward a World Without the Death Penalty 7. The Cemetery 8. Death, Commemoration, and the Era Of Total War In Europe 9. The Transformation of Death Discourse: From 'Taboo' to 'Revival' at the Threshold of the New Millennium Part 2: Regional Patterns 10. "Why may not man be one day immortal?": Rethinking Death in the Age of Enlightenment 11. "Now for the Grand Secret:" A History of the Post-Mortem Identity and Heavenly Reunions, 1800-2000 12. Death in Modern North American History 13. Death In Mexico: Image And Reality 14. Death in Modern Japan (1800-2020) 15. Picturing the Dead in Early Twentieth-Century China: Bodies, Burial, and the Photography of the Chinese Red Cross Burial Corps 16. Remaking the Hindu Pyre: Cremation in India since the 1830s 17. Muslim Beliefs About Death; From Classical Formulations To Modern Applications 18. Death in Africa: A History c.1800 to Present Day 19. Rituals Of Death In The Caribbean Diaspora, 1970-: The Immigrant Dilemmas Part 3: Special Topics 20. Premature Burial and the Mysteries of Death 21. Murdering Mothers and Dutiful Daughters: Infanticide in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Mexico 22. 'I wish we could have saved him for you': Australia's experience of death and bereavement in war, 1914-1918 23. Soviet Cemeteries 24. Death in Modern Film 25. Of Presidential Mausoleums and Politics in Neo-Liberal Zambia, 2008 to 2018 26. Celebrating Creation and Commemorating Life: Ritualizing Pet Death in the U.S. and Japan 27. Hospice: A Way to Die 28. "A Profound Shift In Policy": The History Of Assisted Suicide 29. Conclusion: Future Trajectories of Death: Speculations and Raising Questions
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