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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2007
- Book Title
- The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts
- ISBN
- 9781403939241
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10
1403939241
ISBN-13
9781403939241
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57410549
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
VIII, 299 Pages
Publication Name
Haunted : a Social History of Ghosts
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Social History, Comparative Religion, Europe / Great Britain / General, Supernatural
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
22.7 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-399549
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
133.10941
Table Of Content
Seeing Ghosts * Geography of Haunting * Purpose * Malicious Spirits * Ghost Hunters * Impersonating Ghosts * Debating Ghosts * Explaining Away * Ghosts Abroad * The Future for Ghosts Seeing Ghosts * Geography of Haunting * Purpose * Malicious Spirits * Ghost Hunters * Impersonating Ghosts * Debating Ghosts * Explaining Away * Ghosts Abroad * The Future for Ghosts
Synopsis
This book examines the social history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present. Providing the first truly comprehensive history of ghosts "The Haunted" places the history of hauntings firmly withing the wider social and cultural context of the period concerned, and presents its arguments and sources in an accessible and lively way., 'The Haunted' is the first truly comprehensive social history of ghosts. Using fascinating and entertaining examples, Davies places the history of ghosts within their wider social and cultural context, and examines why a belief in ghosts continues to be vibrant, socially relevant and historically illuminating., This book examines the social history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present. Belief in them has been manipulated for political and religious purposes, generated social panics and scandals, been a perennial source of literary inspiration and learned investigation. Underpinning Davies' approach is the awareness that for all the intellectual and scientific advances of the last five centuries the belief in ghosts continues to be vibrant and socially relevant. Understanding the history of ghosts helps explain why we continue to feel haunted by the people of the past., This book examines the social history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present. Providing the first truly comprehensive history of ghosts The Haunted places the history of hauntings firmly withing the wider social and cultural context of the period concerned, and presents its arguments and sources in an accessible and lively way.
LC Classification Number
BF1461
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