Pioneer cemeteries : sculpture gardens of the Old West /

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As pioneers attempted to settle and civilize the "Wild West," cemeteries became important cultural centers. Filled with carved wooden headboards, inscribed local stones, and Italian marble statues, cemeteries functioned as symbols of stability and progress toward a European-inspired vision...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stott, Annette
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1800-1899
Sepulchral monuments > Rocky Mountains > History > 19th century.
Cemeteries > Rocky Mountains > History > 19th century.
Pioneers > Rocky Mountains.
Cimetières > Rocheuses, Montagnes > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pionniers > Rocheuses, Montagnes.
ART > Sculpture & Installation.
Cemeteries.
Pioneers.
Sepulchral monuments.
Rocky Mountains.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of cemeteries
  • Map of Rocky Mountain Region
  • From Boot Hill to Fair Mount: the transformation of the Western cemetery
  • Tombstone carvers and monument makers of the Rocky Mountain West
  • M. Rauh, Riverside Marble Works, and the gendered cemetery
  • Mail-order monuments and other imports: Rocky Mountain cemeteries in a national context
  • The cemetery in Western life.

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