Death and Dying in the Working Class, 1865-1920 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780252039133)

Michael K. Rosenow investigates working people's beliefs, rituals of dying, and the politics of death by honing in on three overarching questions: How did workers, their families, and their communities experience death? Did various identities of class, race, gender, and religion coalesce to form distinct cultures of death for working people? And how did people's attitudes toward death reflect notions of who mattered in U.S. society?

Drawing from an eclectic array of sources ranging from Andrew Carnegie to grave markers in Chicago's potter's field, Rosenow portrays the complex political, social, and cultural relationships that fueled the United States' industrial ascent. The result is an undertaking that adds emotional depth to existing history while challenging our understanding of modes of cultural transmission.


Author: Michael K. Rosenow
ISBN-10: 0252039130
ISBN-13: 9780252039133
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2015
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d