Death, Grief and Poverty in Britain, 1870–1914
Julie-Marie (University of Manchester) Strange
Cambridge University Press, 2005
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Julie-Marie Strange studies the expression of grief among the working class in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, demonstrating that poverty increased - rather than deadened - it. She illustrates the mourning practices of the working classes through chapters addressing care of the corpse, the funeral, the cemetery, and commemoration.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521838573
- ISBN-10
- 0521838576
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2005
- Publication date
- 2005-07-25
- Pages
- 306
- Dimensions
- 236x163x26
- Weight
- 635