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Part III - THE AGE OF THE CITY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Allan Kellehear
Allan Kellehear
Affiliation:
La Trobe University, Victoria
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The Age of the City is a story of the rise of the middle classes, of the gentrification of humanity. It is a story about the rise of the sentimental, anxiety-ridden merchant and professional classes and their growing fear of death and dying. Strategies to tame the monster called death are devised.

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A Social History of Dying , pp. 123 - 124
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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  • THE AGE OF THE CITY
  • Allan Kellehear, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: A Social History of Dying
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511481352.010
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  • THE AGE OF THE CITY
  • Allan Kellehear, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: A Social History of Dying
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511481352.010
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  • THE AGE OF THE CITY
  • Allan Kellehear, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: A Social History of Dying
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511481352.010
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