01587nam a22002297a 4500 20260804144509.0 260804b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780367437091 : International Book Distributors : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New delhi : 123035 : 22/07/2026 306.9 HOU Houlbrooke, Ralph. Death, Ritual, and Bereavement / Ralph Houlbrooke. , London : Routledge , 2020. viii, 250p. : 24cm. 3196 Originally published in 1989, Death, Ritual and Bereavement examines the social history of death and dying from 1500 to the 1930s. This edited collection focuses on the death-bed, funerals, burials, mourning customs, and the expression of grief. The essays throw fresh light on developments which lie at the roots of present-day tendencies to minimize or conceal the most unpleasant aspects of death, among them the growing participation of doctors in the management of death-beds in the eighteenth century and the creation of extra-mural cemeteries, followed by the introduction of cremation in the nineteenth century. The volume also underlines the importance of religious belief, in helping the bereaved in past times. The book will appeal to students and academics of family and social history as well as history of medicine, religion and anthropology. Social Science Culture and Institution Death Customs Ralph Houlbrooke. BOOK 70623 70623 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2026-08-04 International Book Distributors 3196.00 1 306.9 HOU 31639 2026-09-18 13:41:47 2026-08-20 2026-08-04 BOOK