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Land of the Dead : How the West Changed Death in America.
Political Extremism and Radicalism: Global Communist and Socialist Movements Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamburg, Terry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cook, Edith Howard, 1873-1876.
- Cook, Edith Howard.
- Oddfellows' Cemetery (San Francisco, Calif.).
- Masonic Cemetery (San Francisco, Calif.).
- Laurel Hill Cemetery (San Francisco, Calif.).
- Calvary Cemetery (San Francisco, Calif.).
- Cemeteries--California.
- Cemeteries.
- Death--Social aspects.
- Death.
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--History.
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Blue Ridge Summit : Globe Pequot Press, The, 2024.
- Summary:
- At the turn of the twentieth century, a 1901 decree ordered the exhumation and relocation of over 150,000 graves in San Francisco- the only major metropolitan city in America to order a complete eviction of its dead. Land of the Dead uncovers this fascinating and forgotten section of American history.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Chapter 1
- Mirandamania
- Chapter 2
- Charisma of the Dead
- Chapter 3
- Getting There
- On the Road and on the Sea
- Chapter 4
- Instant City, Instant State
- Chapter 5
- A Semblance of Order
- A Place for Every Soul and Every Soul in Its Place
- Chapter 6
- The Cemetery Wars
- Don't Fence Me Out
- Chapter 7
- A Necropolis Arises
- Chapter 8
- Whose City Is This, Anyway?
- Chapter 9
- No County for Old Men
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hamburg, Terry Land of the Dead
- ISBN:
- 9781633889873
- OCLC:
- 1443937164
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