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Death, Grief and Poverty in Britain, 1870-1914 (Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories)
Death Grief and Poverty in Britain 18701914 - Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories
Author: Julie-Marie Strange
It has been assumed that the poor in Victorian and Edwardian Britain did not mourn their dead because of high mortality rates. Contesting this approach, Julie-Marie Strange studies the expression of grief among the working class, demonstrating that poverty increased--rather than deadened--it. She illustrates the mourning practices of the working...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521838573
ISBN-10: 0521838576
Publication Date: 7/25/2005
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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