ISBN:
9781419754852
,
9781419754869
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
258 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.90973
Schlagwort(e):
Geschichte
;
Friedhof
;
Bestattung
;
Cemeteries History
;
Burial History
;
Cemeteries
;
USA
;
United States
;
History
;
History
Kurzfassung:
"A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead. The summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown, and thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realize what a rich story the place told of his town and its history. Thus was born Melville's lifelong curiosity with how, where, and why we bury and commemorate our dead." -- Amazon
Kurzfassung:
Melville provides a lively tour through the history of US cemeteries, exploring how, where, and why we bury our dead. He takes readers on a cross-country and down-the-cemeteries tour, examining crematoriums, natural burials, and even digital immortality. Melville reveals how history is shaped by the dead as well as the living-- by those who observe these pasts and carry their lessons into shaping the future. -- adapted from jacket
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-255)
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