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The Sacred Remains: American Attitudes Toward Death, 1799-1883
The Sacred Remains American Attitudes Toward Death 17991883
Author: Gary Laderman
This absorbing book explores the changing attitudes toward death and the dead in nineteenth-century North American Protestant communities. Gary Laderman discusses the symbols, meanings, and practices associated with corpses, focuses on the transforming effect of the Civil War, and traces the subsequent birth of the funeral industry.
ISBN-13: 9780300064322
ISBN-10: 0300064322
Publication Date: 11/27/1996
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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