Death in war and peace : loss and grief in England, 1914-1970 / Pat Jalland
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Item #385296
ISBN: 9780199265510
Physical description; xii, 317 pp., 8 pp. of plates, illustrations, portraits, 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pp. 293-303) and index. Contents; Death, the Great War, and the influenza pandemic -- Violet Cecil and communities in mourning -- The Bickersteths' sacred pilgrimages to the Great War cemeteries, 1919-1931 -- Death, disasters, and rituals among the northern working classes, 1919-1939 -- Sir Sydney Cockerell: cremation and the modern way of death in England -- The people's war: death in the Blitz -- Missing airmen and families in anguish: 'there could be no mourning' -- Experiences of wartime grief -- Hidden death: medicine and care of the dying, 1945-1970 -- Widowhood, grief, and old age, 1945-1963 -- Gorer's map of death: declining rituals and prolonged grief, 1963 -- Observing grief: C.S. Lewis and C.M. Parkes -- Epilogue: change and continuity since the 1970s. Subjects; Death Social aspects England History 20th century. Bereavement. Grief. Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Price: €85.00