Sociology: death & dying books

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This birefs examines mortality among young children in the period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century....  Read More >>

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From earliest times, people have speculated about what happens when they and their loved ones die. Their views vary...  Read More >>

Can national loyalties be reconciled with larger commitments to global well-being?  Read More >>

"Renowned Harvard scholar and ""New Yorker"" staff writer Lepore has written a strikingly original, ingeniously...  Read More >>

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The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most photographed structures in the world. It's also the most deadly. Since...  Read More >>

Considers how a culture of crisis management - what the author calls ""the new chronic"" - has come to dominate...  Read More >>

Considers how a culture of crisis management - what the author calls ""the new chronic"" - has come to dominate...  Read More >>

In an inspiring memoir, Longfellow chronicles her experience with the deaths of her parentsNthe quick, traumatic...  Read More >>

A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood...  Read More >>

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Within this book are rituals, stories, traditions and experiences of magicians' scholars and artists who work with...  Read More >>

This book outlines the process of entering into a relationship with those who are dying. Although the focus of attention...  Read More >>

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Exploring the shaping of modern end-of-life experiences by medical, demographic, and cultural trends, James Green...  Read More >>

If That Ever Happens to Me: Making Life and Death Decisions after Terri Schiavo  Read More >>

The role of capital punishment in America has been criticised by those for and against death penalty, by the judiciary,...  Read More >>

Presenting a kaleidoscope of informative views of death, dying and human response, this book reveals how different...  Read More >>

A mention of mummification immediately brings to mind the ancient Egyptians--but the Roman Catholic Church has long...  Read More >>

Going well beyond the general case of grief, author Dan Newman examines the unique loss experienced by the incarcerated,...  Read More >>

This book explains the classifications and manifestations of suicide, risk factors, at-risk groups and warning signs....  Read More >>

The living and the dead cohabited Paris until the late eighteenth century, when, in the name of public health, measures...  Read More >>