Death's summer coat : what the history of death and dying can tell us about life and living / Brandy...
Death's summer coat : what the history of death and dying can tell us about life and living / Brandy...
Death's summer coat : what the history of death and dying can tell us about life and living / Brandy Schillace.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2016/586
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Dead and knowing it -- Eat your dead (and other advice) -- Through a glass, darkly -- Dying Victorian: memento mori, hair jewellery and crape -- Death at the anatomy theatre -- Death and the doctor -- Death comes to dinner.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Other editions
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
A doctor combines her profession along with her love of literature and history in a scholarly work that examines how humans have dealt with death and mortality throughout time and through changing cultures.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Death's summer coat : what the history of death and dying can tell us about life and living / Brandy Schillace.
Portion of title
What the history of death and dying can tell us about life and living.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (page 239-258) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2015.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2016/586
Record Identifier
74VKzRoOlo83
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzRoOlo83
Other Identifiers
ISBN
160598938X hardcover
9781605989389 hardcover
DDC
306.9
MMS ID
991023436079702626
