The mansion of happiness, a history of life and death, Jill Lepore
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The mansion of happiness, a history of life and death, Jill Lepore
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The mansion of happiness
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
753624757
Responsibility statement
Jill Lepore
Sub title
a history of life and death
Summary
"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 descriptionA history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave
Table Of Contents
Introduction: The mansion of happiness -- Hatched -- Baby good -- The children's room -- All about erections -- Mr. Marriage -- Happiness minutes -- Confessions of an amateur mother -- Happy old age -- The gate of heaven -- Resurrection -- Last words -- A chronology
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- Life cycle, Human + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Life + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Life (Biology) + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Popular culture -- United States -- History
- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Intellectual life
- Politics and culture -- United States -- History
- United States -- Social life and customs
- Happiness + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Death + Social aspects -- United States -- History
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Life cycle, Human + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Life + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Life (Biology) + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Popular culture -- United States -- History
- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Intellectual life
- Politics and culture -- United States -- History
- United States -- Social life and customs
- Happiness + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Death + Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Is Derivative Of1
- Mapped to1