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, 2018, c2015

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Details

• NCID: BB26509591
• ISBN:
  • 9780691180939
• 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: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GT3150
  • DC23 : 306.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Death -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies