"The Sacred Remains" by Gary Laderman

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The Sacred Remains American Attitudes Toward Death, 1799-1883 Gary Laderman

Format:
Hardback
Publication date:
02 Jan 1997
ISBN:
9780300064322
Dimensions:
238 pages: 234 x 156 x 19mm
Illustrations:
16 illustrations

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This fascinating book explores the changing attitudes toward death and the dead in northern Protestant communities during the nineteenth century. Gary Laderman offers insights into the construction of an "American way of death", illuminating the central role of the Civil War and tracing the birth of the funeral industry in the decades following the war.

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