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- catalog abstract ""Facing the "King of Terrors" examines changes in the roles and perceptions of death in one American community, Schenectady, New York, from 1750 to 1990. A remarkably thorough study, this work incorporates a wide variety of topics, including causes of death, epidemics and the reactions they engendered, rituals surrounding dying and burial, cemeteries and grave markers, public celebrations of the deaths of important figures, reactions to war, and businesses that profited from death. Combining an in-depth look at patterns of death in society as a whole with an investigation of personal responses to such cultural customs, the book makes use of personal letters and diaries to explore how broader social changes were manifested in the lives of individuals."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11441472.
- catalog coverage "Schenectady (N.Y.) Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Facing the "King of Terrors" examines changes in the roles and perceptions of death in one American community, Schenectady, New York, from 1750 to 1990. A remarkably thorough study, this work incorporates a wide variety of topics, including causes of death, epidemics and the reactions they engendered, rituals surrounding dying and burial, cemeteries and grave markers, public celebrations of the deaths of important figures, reactions to war, and businesses that profited from death. Combining an in-depth look at patterns of death in society as a whole with an investigation of personal responses to such cultural customs, the book makes use of personal letters and diaries to explore how broader social changes were manifested in the lives of individuals."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Meeting the "King of Terrors" -- Death in the colonial village -- "Thy death" : 1800-1850 -- To speak of death : culture and the individual -- The era of the Civil War : 1850-1870 -- "But the weaver knows the threads" : perspectives on the Civil War -- Great transitions : 1870-1950 -- To speak of death : searching for a new vocabulary -- "A vicarious intimacy with death" : 1950 to the present.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 301 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521633192 (hbk.)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) Schenectady".
- catalog spatial "New York".
- catalog spatial "New York.".
- catalog spatial "Schenectady (N.Y.) Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "2000 A-605".
- catalog subject "306.9/09747/44 21".
- catalog subject "Attitude to Death New York.".
- catalog subject "BF 789.D4 W455f 2000".
- catalog subject "Death Social aspects New York (State) Schenectady History.".
- catalog subject "Funeral Rites New York History.".
- catalog subject "Funeral rites and ceremonies New York (State) Schenectady History.".
- catalog subject "HQ1073.U62 S348 2000".
- catalog subject "Mortality Social aspects New York (State) Schenectady History.".
- catalog subject "Mortuary Practice New York History.".
- catalog subject "Mourning customs New York (State) Schenectady History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Meeting the "King of Terrors" -- Death in the colonial village -- "Thy death" : 1800-1850 -- To speak of death : culture and the individual -- The era of the Civil War : 1850-1870 -- "But the weaver knows the threads" : perspectives on the Civil War -- Great transitions : 1870-1950 -- To speak of death : searching for a new vocabulary -- "A vicarious intimacy with death" : 1950 to the present.".
- catalog title "Facing the "King of Terrors" : death and society in an American community, 1750-1990 / Robert V. Wells.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".