Death's summer coat : what the history of death and dying can tell us about life and living / Brandy Schillace
by Schillace, Brandy
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- ISBN 10
- 178396040X
- ISBN 13
- 9781783960408
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About This Item
London : Elliott and Thompson, 2015. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; 266 pp., illustrations, 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index. Contents; Dead and knowing it -- Eat your dead (and other advice) -- Through a glass, darkly -- Dying Victorian: memento mori, hair jewellery and crape -- Death at the anatomy theatre -- Death and the doctor -- Death comes to dinner. Subjects; Death Social aspects Great Britain. Death in popular culture Great Britain. Thanatology. Death Psychological aspects. Attitude to Death. Bereavement.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
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- Title
- Death's summer coat : what the history of death and dying can tell us about life and living / Brandy Schillace
- Author
- Schillace, Brandy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 178396040X
- ISBN 13
- 9781783960408
- Publisher
- London : Elliott and Thompson
- Date Published
- 2015
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