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The Haunted: A Cultural History of Ghosts (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The HauntedThis book examines the social history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present. Providing the first truly comprehensive history of ghosts "The Haunted" places the history of hauntings firmly withing the wider social and cultural context of the period concerned, and presents its arguments and sources in an accessible and lively way.
Full description- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Published: 10 October 2007
- Format: Hardback 288 pages
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- Categories: British & Irish History | Social & Cultural History | Psychic Powers & Psychic Phenomena | Unexplained Phenomena / The Paranormal | Ghosts & Poltergeists
- ISBN 13: 9781403939241 ISBN 10: 1403939241
- Sales rank: 460,616
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Full description for The Haunted
This book examines the social history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present. Belief in them has been manipulated for political and religious purposes, generated social panics and scandals, been a perennial source of literary inspiration and learned investigation. Underpinning Davies' approach is the awareness that for all the intellectual and scientific advances of the last five centuries the belief in ghosts continues to be vibrant and socially relevant. Understanding the history of ghosts helps explain why we continue to feel haunted by the people of the past.
