Sadly Troubled History
The Meanings of Suicide in the Modern Age
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2009
- Category
- Suicide
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773576827
- Publish Date
- Apr 2009
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
In a study of nearly 7000 suicides from 1900 to 1950, John Weaver documents the challenges that ordinary people experienced during turbulent times and, using witnesses' testimony, death bed statements, and suicide notes, reconstructs individuals' thoughts as they decide whether to endure their suffering. Bridging social and medical history, Weaver presents an intellectual and political history of suicide studies, a revealing construction and deconstruction of suicide rates, a discussion of gender, life stages, and socio-economic circumstances in relation to suicide patterns, reflections on reasoning processes and intent, and society's reactions to suicide, including medical intervention.
About the author
John C. Weaver is University Professor at McMaster University, and the author of The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900.
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