The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death

The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death / Jill Lepore.

A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lepore, Jill, 1966-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Politics and culture > United States > History. Popular culture > United States > History. Life > Social aspects > United States > History. Life (Biology) > Social aspects > United States > History. Life cycle, Human > Social aspects > United States > History. Death > Social aspects > United States > History. Happiness > Social aspects > United States > History. United States > Social life and customs. United States > Social conditions. United States > Intellectual life.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The mansion of happiness
Hatched
Baby good
The children's room
All about erections
Mr. Marriage
Happiness minutes
Confessions of an amateur mother
Happy old age
The gate of heaven
Resurrection
Last words
A chronology.