Author: Eliab MyersPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337589950
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Champion Text Book on Embalming
Author: Eliab MyersPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337589950
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Champion Text Book on Embalming
Author: Eliab MyersPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337593773
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
CHAMPION TEXT BK ON EMBALMING
Author: Eliab MyersPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781361491010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Rest in Peace
Author: Gary LadermanPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195343977
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Though it has often been passionately criticized--as fraudulent, exploitative, even pagan--the American funeral home has become nearly as inevitable as death itself, an institution firmly embedded in our culture. But how did the funeral home come to hold such a position? What is its history? And is it guilty of the charges sometimes leveled against it? In Rest in Peace, Gary Laderman traces the origins of American funeral rituals, from the evolution of embalming techniques during and after the Civil War and the shift from home funerals to funeral homes at the turn of the century, to the increasing subordination of priests, ministers, and other religious figures to the funeral director throughout the twentieth century. In doing so he shows that far from manipulating vulnerable mourners, as Jessica Mitford claimed in her best-selling The American Way of Death (1963), funeral directors are highly respected figures whose services reflect the community's deepest needs and wishes. Indeed, Laderman shows that funeral directors generally give the people what they want when it is time to bury our dead. He reveals, for example, that the open casket, often criticized as barbaric, provides a deeply meaningful moment for friends and family who must say goodbye to their loved one. But he also shows how the dead often come back to life in the popular imagination to disturb the peace of the living. Drawing upon interviews with funeral directors, major historical events like the funerals of John F. Kennedy and Rudolf Valentino, films, television, newspaper reports, proposals for funeral reform, and other primary sources, Rest in Peace cuts through the rhetoric to show us the reality--and the real cultural value--of the American funeral.
The Annual American Catalog, 1908
Author: The Annual American Catalog, 1900-1909
Author: The United States Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2162
Book Description
Mortuary Science
Author: John SzaboPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0810845873
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Szabo presents a thorough bibliographical examination of the funeral industry and related subjects. Most citations are annotated, with special notes on editions and reprints.
The American Catalogue
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
Author: