Death, American Style

Death, American Style
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9781442222243
ISBN-13 : 1442222247
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Book Synopsis Death, American Style by : Lawrence R. Samuel

Download or read book Death, American Style written by Lawrence R. Samuel and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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