The work of the dead : a cultural history of mortal remains

Author(s)

• Laqueur, Thomas Walter

Bibliographic Information

The work of the dead : a cultural history of mortal remains

Thomas W. Laqueur

Princeton University Press, c2015

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-678) and index

Details

• NCID: BB19863058
• ISBN:
  • 9780691157788
• LCCN: 2015003565
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Princeton, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 711 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GT3150
  • DC23 : 306.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Death -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies