Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800
Erik R. Seeman
384 pages | 6 x 9 | 28 b/w
Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4229-4 | $45.00 | £29.50
A volume in the Early American Studies series
Through a series of engrossing narratives, Death in the New World uses the customs surrounding death among Indians, Africans, and Europeans as a lens through which to examine the cross-cultural interactions in North America and the Caribbean in the three centuries following Columbus.
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