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Rest in peace : a cultural history of death and the funeral home in twentieth-century America / Gary Laderman.
Lippincott Library HD9999.U53 U543 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laderman, Gary, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Undertakers and undertaking--United States.
- Undertakers and undertaking.
- Funeral supplies industry.
- United States.
- Funeral supplies industry--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xlii, 245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Drawing upon interviews with funeral directors, major historical events like the funerals of John F. Kennedy and Rudolf Valentino, films, television, newspaper reports, and other primary sources, "Rest in Peace" cuts through the rhetoric to show the reality of the American funeral.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 019513608X
- OCLC:
- 49727627
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