Shadows in the valley
New england, history
Thanatology
Funeral Rites
Death, social aspects
Medical Statistics
Mortality
Attitude to Death
History, 19th Century
Loss (Psychology)
History, 20th Century
Death
Diseases
Social aspects
Social conditions
History
Alan Swedlund examines the history of mortality in several small communities in western Massachusetts from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century--from just before the acceptance of the germ theory of disease through the early days of public health reform in the United States. --from publ…
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