The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 282 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
General Note
"Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"A history of American ideas about life and death includes coverage of topics ranging from the 17th-century Englishman who investigated a belief about life starting with eggs and the heated debates over Darwin's evolutionary findings to the role of the Space Age in changing views on planetary life to the 1970s trends in cryogenics." --Publishers description.
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A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Happiness -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Life (Biology) -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Life -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Life cycle, Human -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Politics and culture -- United States -- History.
Popular culture -- United States -- History.
United States -- Intellectual life.
United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Social life and customs.
Happiness -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Life (Biology) -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Life -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Life cycle, Human -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Politics and culture -- United States -- History.
Popular culture -- United States -- History.
United States -- Intellectual life.
United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Social life and customs.