TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stearns,Peter N.
TI  - Revolutions in sorrow: the American experience of death in global perspective 
T2  - U.S. history in international perspective
SN  - 9781594514548 (alk. paper)
AV  - HQ1073 .S74 2007
U1  - 306.90973 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Boulder, CO
PB  - Paradigm Publishers
KW  - Death
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Social change
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007015264.html
ER  -