 | Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800 Subjects: Death -- America -- History; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- America -- History; Mourning customs -- America -- History; Cross-cultural studies -- America; America -- History -- To 1810; 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. Erik R. Seeman is Professor of History at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). |
