Description
About the Author
Pat Jalland has been a Professor of History at the Australian National University since 1997. She has published in British women's history, Anglo-Irish history, and the history of death and bereavement in Australia and Britain. Her eight books include The Liberals and Ireland (Harvester, 1980); Women, Marriage and Politics (OUP, 1986), winner of the 1987 Western Australian Literary Award for non-fiction; Death in the Victorian Family (OUP, 1996), winner of the New South Wales Premier's Prize for History, and Changing Ways of Death in 20th Century Australia (UNSW Press, 2006).
Reviews
An important historical contribution to the study of death and an informative account of how a country has handled far-reaching social challenge and change... Death in War and Peace succeeds in negotiating the gulf between scholarly and non-scholarly terrains, and for this Jalland must be commended. * Kate Woodthorpe, Times Higher Education *
Scholarly enterprise and historical flair have enabled Professor Jalland to rise above the limitations of the material... Death in War and Peace provides us with fresh, imaginative perspectives and compelling detail. * Paul Addison, Times Literary Supplement *
Jalland writes with the authority of a scholar who has spent many years researching her subject. This is a fine survey of a neglected topic, and it will surely remain as the standard work in the field for many years. * Adrian Bingham, English Historical Review *
This book is an important contribution to understanding how attitudes to death changed in the twentieth century. * Julie-Marie Strange, American Historical Review *
This is a fascinating and much needed study. * James Munson, Contemporary Review *
Jalland judiciously weaves detailed individual case studies with government reports, statistics, newspaper accounts and diaries. The book is a fine contribution to the analysis of death and grief in modern Britain. * Joanna Bourke, Journal of Social History *
impressive and highly readable work * Glennys Howarth, Social History of Medicine *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199265510
Author Pat Jalland
Format Hardback
Page Count 338
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 164mm * 24mm