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Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laderman, Gary, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Undertakers and undertaking--United States.
- Undertakers and undertaking.
- Funeral supplies industry--United States.
- Funeral supplies industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xlii, 245 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gary Laderman traces the origins of American funeral rituals, & looks at the increasing subordination of religious figures to the funeral director in the late 20th century, demonstrating that the modern director is very far from Mitford's manipulator of 'The American Way of Death'.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988124-3
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