A global history of child death : mortality, burial, and parental attitudes / Amy J. Catalano.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Peter Lang, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (189 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781453913611 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Global history of child death : mortality, burial, and parental attitudes.DDC classification:
  • 304.6/4083 23
LOC classification:
  • HB1323.C5 C37 2015eb
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Contents:
A brief history of child mortality -- Burial pits and ivory beads: prehistoric children -- Biblical children -- Burials at night: children in ancient civilizations -- Collateral of the plague: children of the Middle Ages -- Ambivalence -- The modern era -- Indigenous peoples -- Naming and replacement -- Consolation literature: poetry, letters, and songs -- Visual representations of grief: photographs, monuments, and art.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief history of child mortality -- Burial pits and ivory beads: prehistoric children -- Biblical children -- Burials at night: children in ancient civilizations -- Collateral of the plague: children of the Middle Ages -- Ambivalence -- The modern era -- Indigenous peoples -- Naming and replacement -- Consolation literature: poetry, letters, and songs -- Visual representations of grief: photographs, monuments, and art.

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