Death in the New World : cross-cultural encounters, 1492-1800

Death in the New World : cross-cultural encounters, 1492-1800 /

Through a series of engrossing narratives, Death in the New World uses the customs surrounding death among Indians, Africans, and Europeans as a lens through which to examine the cross-cultural interactions in North America and the Caribbean in the three centuries following Columbus.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seeman, Erik R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
Cross-cultural studies > America.
Mourning customs > America > History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > America > History.
Death > America > History.
Thanatology > United States.
Grief
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Attitude to Death > United States.
Funeral Rites > United States > History.
History, 17th Century > United States.
History, 18th Century > United States.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600 > United States.
America > History > To 1810.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: ways of dying, ways of living
  • Old worlds of death
  • First encounters
  • Burial and disinterment in the Chesapeake
  • Holy bones and beautiful deaths in New France
  • Grave missions: Christianizing death in New England
  • Across the waters: African American deathways
  • Crossing boundaries, keeping faith: Jewish deathways
  • Burial and condolence in the Seven Years' War
  • Conclusion: ways of living, ways of dying.

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