The haunted : a social history of ghosts / Owen Davies.

  • Davies, Owen, 1969-
Date:
2007
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Physical description

viii, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-288) and index.

Contents

Experience. Manifestation -- The geography of haunting -- Seeking ghosts -- Explanation. Debating ghosts -- All in the mind -- Representation. Imitating the dead -- Projecting ghosts -- Treading the boards and under the covers -- The future for ghosts.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BVU.41
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ISBN

  • 1403939241
  • 9781403939241