The Resource The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death, Jill Lepore
The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death, Jill Lepore
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The item The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death, Jill Lepore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
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- "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
- A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxxiii, 282 p.
- Note
-
- "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso
- "Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780307592996
- Label
- The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death
- Title
- The mansion of happiness
- Title remainder
- a history of life and death
- Statement of responsibility
- Jill Lepore
- Subject
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- 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
- Popular culture -- United States -- History
- United States -- Intellectual life
- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Social life and customs
- Politics and culture -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- 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 description
- A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lepore, Jill
- Dewey number
- 973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E169.1
- LC item number
- .L5295 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- United States
- Politics and culture
- Popular culture
- Life
- Life (Biology)
- Life cycle, Human
- Death
- Happiness
- Label
- The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death, Jill Lepore
- Link
- Note
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- "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso
- "Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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
- Control code
- ocn753624757
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxxiii, 282 p.
- Isbn
- 9780307592996
- Lccn
- 2011050566
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780307592996
- (OCoLC)753624757
- Label
- The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death, Jill Lepore
- Link
- Note
-
- "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso
- "Parts of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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
- Control code
- ocn753624757
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxxiii, 282 p.
- Isbn
- 9780307592996
- Lccn
- 2011050566
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780307592996
- (OCoLC)753624757
Subject
- 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
- Popular culture -- United States -- History
- United States -- Intellectual life
- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Social life and customs
- Politics and culture -- United States -- History
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