The Hour of Our Death

Aries, Philippe

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ISBN 10: 0394410742 ISBN 13: 9780394410746

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1981

Language: English

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Clean stated First American Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, pages are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. Translated from the French by Helen Weaver. 651 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An extraordinary book of historical scholarship on mankind's changing attitudes toward death and dying throughout history. Seller Inventory # 034516

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Title: The Hour of Our Death

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Publication Date: 1981

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: Stated First American Edition.

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A panoramic exploration of Western man's changing attitudes about death over the last one thousand years enumerates five stages of the evolution of our thought concerning death and explains their significance for contemporary man

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The late Philippe Ari�s was also the author of Centuries of Childhood.

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