TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spellman,W.M.
TI  - A brief history of death
SN  - 9781780235042
AV  - BD 444 S743b 2014
U1  - 128.5 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Reaktion Books
KW  - Death
KW  - Thanatology
KW  - History
KW  - Muerte
KW  - Tanatología
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Preliminary Patterns -- 2. Thinking Things Through -- 3. Extraordinary Narratives -- 4. Adverse Environments -- 5. Modern Reconsiderations
N2  - A Brief History of Death offers a survey of views concerning death and its aftermath in the Western tradition, from prehistory to the present. It explores how humans understand and come to terms with the fact of mortality and looks at the physical and social aspects of death, how dying people are treated and how we choose to remember the dead
ER  -