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The work of the dead: a cultural history of mortal remains

Thomas Walter Laqueur • Princeton University Press • ISBN 9780691157788

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The work of the dead: a cultural history of mortal remains

Thomas Walter Laqueur • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 9780691157788

ISBN-10 0691157782 • 2015

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ISBN 9780691157788 • Completeness 43

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The work of the dead: a cultural history of mortal remains by Thomas Walter Laqueur. Published by Princeton University Press, 2015, 711 pages. Catalogued under Cross-Cultural Studies, Death, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies, History / General.

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Publisher: Princeton University Press
2015
Pages: 711

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Contributor: Thomas Walter Laqueur

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Category: AnthropologyCategory: BegravningssederCategory: BestattungCategory: BestattungsritusCategory: BrauchtumCategory: Cross-Cultural StudiesCategory: DeathCategory: Death & Dying

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