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- catalog abstract "While the study of American death culture is not itself anew, Dr. Steiner's book uses an American Studies approach to synthesize existing literature in the field while applying a new interpretive framework to the subject. He sees the mid-nineteenth century understanding of death as emerging out of the radical democratic culture of the Jacksonian period with its passionate, but also at times contradictory commitments to majority rule, equal rights, and individualism.".
- catalog contributor b12831200.
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-212) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The context of equality -- The culture of death -- Creating immortality: death and material culture -- Transformations in the Gilded Age -- Conclusion.".
- catalog description "While the study of American death culture is not itself anew, Dr. Steiner's book uses an American Studies approach to synthesize existing literature in the field while applying a new interpretive framework to the subject. He sees the mid-nineteenth century understanding of death as emerging out of the radical democratic culture of the Jacksonian period with its passionate, but also at times contradictory commitments to majority rule, equal rights, and individualism.".
- catalog extent "vi, 214 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Study of the intellectual and material culture of death in nineteenth-century America.".
- catalog identifier "0773468234".
- catalog isFormatOf "Study of the intellectual and material culture of death in nineteenth-century America.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in American history (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 45.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in American history ; v. 45".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press,".
- catalog relation "Study of the intellectual and material culture of death in nineteenth-century America.".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "306.9/0973/09034 21".
- catalog subject "Death Social aspects United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Funeral rites and ceremonies United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "GT3203.A2 S736 2003".
- catalog subject "Undertakers and undertaking United States History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The context of equality -- The culture of death -- Creating immortality: death and material culture -- Transformations in the Gilded Age -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "A study of the intellectual and material culture of death in nineteenth-century America / Michael J. Steiner.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".