Death, American Style - A Cultural History of Dying in America

DEATH, AMERICAN STYLE: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF DYING IN AMERICA is the first comprehensive cultural history to explore America's uneasy relationship with death over the past century.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Much Ado About Dying
2 War Department Regrets
3 Why Can't We Live Forever?
4 Living Your Dying
5 The Other Side
6 Design For Dying
Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Index

About the author

Lawrence R. Samuel is a Miami-based independent scholar who holds a Ph.D. in American Studies and an MA in English from the University of Minnesota, an MBA in Marketing from the University of Georgia, and was a Smithsonian Institution Fellow. Larry blogs for Psychologytoday.com, where he has received over a million hits, and is often quoted in the media.

Summary

DEATH, AMERICAN STYLE: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF DYING IN AMERICA is the first comprehensive cultural history to explore America’s uneasy relationship with death over the past century.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Lawrence, Lawrence R Samuel, Lawrence R. Samuel, Samuel Lawrence R.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780810895737
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9573-7
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sozialpsychologie, Geschichte, USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, American Studies, HISTORY / Modern / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Psychology, United States of America, USA, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying