Stearns, Peter N. <br/><br/>
Revolutions in sorrow :  the American experience of death in global perspective / 
by Peter N. Stearns. 
 - Boulder, CO :  Paradigm Publishers,  c2007. 
 - xii, 201 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - U.S. history in international perspective .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Why death? Why the United States? -- Traditional patterns of death -- New emotions and rituals in death : the United States and western society -- The administration of death in the nineteenth century -- The death revolution in western society and its global implications -- Death as taboo : the U.S. case -- The comparative context : global patterns of change -- From personal death to social policies -- Abortion disputes and contemporary death culture -- The death penalty and its enemies : new global divisions -- Contemporary war and contemporary death -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781594514548 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007015264 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death--Social aspects.<br/>Death--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Death--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Social change.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1073  / .S74 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.90973