02658nam 2200625Ia 450 991095339830332120200520144314.00-19-028118-91-280-52283-697866105228350-19-802021-X(CKB)1000000000554612(EBL)273171(OCoLC)630529083(SSID)ssj0000307405(PQKBManifestationID)11192753(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307405(PQKBWorkID)10244097(PQKB)11088804(Au-PeEL)EBL273171(CaPaEBR)ebr10278762(CaONFJC)MIL52283(OCoLC)3016522(FINmELB)ELB167841(MiAaPQ)EBC273171(EXLCZ)99100000000055461220080921d1977 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Puritan way of death a study in religion, culture, and social change /David E. Stannard. --New York Oxford University Pressc19771 online resource (x, 236 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-502521-0 0-19-502226-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; I. INTRODUCTION; 1. Death in the Western Tradition; II. THE PURITAN WAY OF DEATH; 2. The World of the Puritan; 3. Death and Childhood; 4. Death and Dying; 5. Death and Burial; 6. Death and Decline; III. EPILOGUE; 7. Toward an American Way of Death; Notes; IndexThis is more than a book about Puritans or about death. It is also about family, community, and identity in the modern world. The book is an intelligent and highly original study of 17th-century attitudes toward death, which were profoundly different from those in our own time. Prof. Stannard's object is not merely to understand that period but to provide a perspective on the present. He skillfully combines historical research with important hypotheses concerning social change. The book rests upon a strong command of social science literature and is written with grace and style. Illustrations.DeathPuritansNew EnglandDeath.Puritans230.59236.1Stannard David E530859MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953398303321The Puritan way of death4446098UNINA