| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 521 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Death's Revelations of Life; 2. What Death Means: Death in Cross-Cultural and Historical Perspective; 3. Death's Impacts on Society; 4. How We Die: The Social Stratification of Death; 5. Death and Religion; 6. Secular Perspectives on Death; 7. Death and Work; 8. The Politics of Death; 9. Death and the Military Experience; 10. Death in Popular Culture; 11. Death and the Medical System; 12. Death and the Individual: The Social Psychology of Dying and Surviving; Index. |
| Summary |
Arguing that death is the central force shaping our social life and order, the author draws on a wide variety of disciplines to provide a broad sociological perspective on the interrelationships of life and death. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Death -- Social aspects.
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Death -- Social aspects. |
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Death -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Death -- Cross-cultural studies. |
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Death. |
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Life cycle, Human -- Social aspects.
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Life cycle, Human -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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| Added Title |
Sociology of death and dying.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kearl, Michael C. Endings. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989 (DLC) 88025579 |
| ISBN |
1601296282 |
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9781601296283 |
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9780199725885 (electronic book) |
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0199725888 (electronic book) |
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9780195045154 (alkaline paper) |
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0195045157 (alkaline paper) |
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128043967X |
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9781280439674 |
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0195045157 (alkaline paper) |
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