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Respectable burial : Montreal's Mount Royal Cemetery /

"Respectable Burial is a social history of death, burial, and Montreal's Mount Royal Cemetery. A place of great beauty, the Mount Royal Cemetery was an inspiration for Frederick Law Olmstead's adjacent Mount Royal Park and played a part in the development of the city of Montreal. Bria...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:	Libro Electrónico
Main Author:	Young, Brian J., 1940-
Other Authors:	James, Geoffrey, 1942-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
Subjects:	Mount Royal Cemetery (Montréal, Québec) > History. Cimetière Mont-Royal (Montréal, Québec) > Histoire. Mount Royal Cemetery (Montréal, Québec) Protestants > Québec (Province) > Montréal > History. Burial > Québec (Province) > Montréal > History. Death > Québec (Province) > Montréal > History. Protestants > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Histoire. Sépulture > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Histoire. Mort > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Histoire. HISTORY > Canada > General. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying. Burial. Death. Manners and customs. Protestants. Montréal (Québec) > Social life and customs. Montréal (Québec) > History. Montréal (Québec) > Mœurs et coutumes. Montréal (Québec) > Histoire. Québec > Montréal. Electronic books. History.
Online Access:	Texto completo

Table of Contents:

Contents
Maps
Acknowledgments
The Cemetery in Colour
Chronology
Introduction
Abandoning Urban Burial Grounds
Establishing a Rural Cemetery
The Victorian Cemetery
Contested Decorum: The Cemetery as Public Space
Running a Business, 1852â€?1924
The Lawn Plan versus Widowed Stone
Cremation, 1902â€?1974
Military Graves
Continuity and Entitlement
New Respectability: Business and History at the Cemetery Today
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
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Respectable burial : Montreal's Mount Royal Cemetery /

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