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Purified by fire : a history of cremation in America /
'Purified by Fire' tells the story of cremation's rise from notoriety to legitimacy and takes a provocative new look at important transformations in the American cultural landscape over the last 150 years.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART ONE: BIRTH, 18741896
- 1. The Cremation of Baron De Palm
- 2. Sanitary Reform
- 3. Resurrection and the Resurrectionists
- PART TWO: BRICKS AND MORTAR, 18961963
- 4. The Business of Cremation
- 5. The Memorial Idea
- PART THREE: BOOM, 1963PRESENT
- 6. Consumers Last Rites
- 7. Contemporary Ways of Cremation
- Timeline
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- W.