Bibliograph

The mansion of happiness, a history of life and death, Jill Lepore

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Label

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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