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Robert V. Wells, Facing the «King of Terrors». Death and Society in an American Community, 1750-1990, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000, 301 p.

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Robert V. Wells, Facing the «King of Terrors». Death and Society in an American Community, 1750-1990, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000, 301 p.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2017

Jean Heffer
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La mort et l’au-delà
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Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 254 - 257
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Copyright © Les Éditions de l’EHESS 2001 

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