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Introduction : why death? why the United States? | p. 1 |
Traditional patterns of death | p. 7 |
New emotions and rituals in death : the United States and Western society | p. 31 |
The administration of death in the nineteenth century | p. 59 |
The death revolution in Western society and its global implications | p. 79 |
Death as taboo : the American case | p. 89 |
The comparative context : global patterns of change | p. 117 |
From personal death to social policies | p. 129 |
Abortion disputes and contemporary death culture | p. 137 |
The death penalty and its enemies : new global divisions | p. 149 |
Contemporary war and contemporary death | p. 165 |
Conclusion | p. 185 |
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