Author: John TownshendPublisher:
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Category : Dead
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A Catalogue of Some Books Relating to the Disposal of the Bodies and Perpetuating the Memories of the Dead
Author: John TownshendReport of the Librarian and Annual Supplement to the General Catalogue
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1206
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Maggs BrosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Report of the Librarian of the State Library of Massachusetts
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Purified by Fire
Author: Stephen ProtheroPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520929746
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Just one hundred years ago, Americans almost universally condemned cremation. Today, nearly one-quarter of Americans choose to be cremated. The practice has gained wide acceptance as a funeral rite, in both our private and public lives, as the cremations of icons such as John Lennon and John F. Kennedy Jr. show. Purified by Fire tells the fascinating story of cremation's rise from notoriety to legitimacy and takes a provocative new look at important transformations in the American cultural landscape over the last 150 years. Stephen Prothero synthesizes a wide array of previously untapped source material, including newspapers, consumer guides, mortician trade journals, and popular magazines such as Reader's Digest to provide this first historical study of cremation in the United States. He vividly describes many noteworthy events—from the much-criticized first American cremation in 1876 to the death and cremation of Jerry Garcia in the late twentieth century. From the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era to the baby boomers of today, this book takes us on a tour through American culture and traces our changing attitudes toward death, religion, public health, the body, and the environment.
Report of the Librarian of the State Library of Massachusetts
Author: The Lancet
Author: Catalogue of the Library of Wilberforce Eames ...
Author: Wilberforce EamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Notes and Queries
Author: A List of Books, Pamphlets and Articles on Cremation
Author: John Crerar LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cremation
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description