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The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death / Jill Lepore.

By: Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxiii, 282 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780307592996
  • 0307592995
Uniform titles:
  • New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973 23
LOC classification:
  • E169.1 .L5295 2012
Contents:
Introduction: The mansion of happiness -- Hatched -- Baby good -- The children's room -- All about erections -- Mr. Marriage -- Happiness minutes -- Confessions of an amateur mother -- Happy old age -- The gate of heaven -- Resurrection -- Last words -- A chronology.
Summary: "A history of American ideas about life and death includes coverage of topics ranging from the 17th-century Englishman who investigated a belief about life starting with eggs and the heated debates over Darwin's evolutionary findings to the role of the Space Age in changing views on planetary life to the 1970s trends in cryogenics." --Publishers descriptionSummary: A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks E169.1 .L5295 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001202109

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

"Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A history of American ideas about life and death includes coverage of topics ranging from the 17th-century Englishman who investigated a belief about life starting with eggs and the heated debates over Darwin's evolutionary findings to the role of the Space Age in changing views on planetary life to the 1970s trends in cryogenics." --Publishers description

Introduction: The mansion of happiness -- Hatched -- Baby good -- The children's room -- All about erections -- Mr. Marriage -- Happiness minutes -- Confessions of an amateur mother -- Happy old age -- The gate of heaven -- Resurrection -- Last words -- A chronology.

A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.

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