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DEATH, MODERNITY, AND THE BODY Sweden 1870-1940
by AHRÃN, EVA
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 1580463126
- ISBN 13
- 9781580463126
- Seller
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Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
University of Rochester Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 215 pp., b/w phototype illus. paper covered hardback bdg. with red titling on front board & spine. An imaginative and sophisticated study of death practices around the turn of the 20th century; focusing on such cultural practices as cadaver dissection, display, photography, and cremation, a rich textured contribution to medical and social history. (slight shelf wear, small inscription top front end paper)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.
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- Bookseller
- Odyssey Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1192H
- Title
- DEATH, MODERNITY, AND THE BODY Sweden 1870-1940
- Author
- AHRÉN, EVA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1580463126
- ISBN 13
- 9781580463126
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Keywords
- HISTORY. SOCIAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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Odyssey Books
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Pointe Claire, Quebec
About Odyssey Books
We have been an established bookstore since 1986 but are operating from home now as we have closed the store for retirement.
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