Death and Dying in the Working Class, 1865-1920 Hardback
by Michael K. Rosenow
Part of the Working Class in American History series
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Michael K. Rosenow investigates working people's beliefs, rituals of dying, and the politics of death by honing in on three overarching questions: How did workers, their families, and their communities experience death?
Did various identities of class, race, gender, and religion coalesce to form distinct cultures of death for working people? And how did people's attitudes toward death reflect notions of who mattered in U.S. society? Drawing from an eclectic array of sources ranging from Andrew Carnegie to grave markers in Chicago's potter's field, Rosenow portrays the complex political, social, and cultural relationships that fueled the United States' industrial ascent.
The result is an undertaking that adds emotional depth to existing history while challenging our understanding of modes of cultural transmission.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:264 pages, 3 black and white photographs, 2 tables
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2015
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- ISBN:9780252039133
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:264 pages, 3 black and white photographs, 2 tables
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252039133