The American resting place / Marilyn Yalom ; photographs by Reid Yalom.
| Author/creator | Yalom, Marilyn |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008. |
| Description | xv, 336 pages, 64 unnumbered of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Claiming the land -- Marking the grave -- Solidarity in the cemetery -- Distancing the dead -- Death's-heads and funeral gloves: Boston, Massachusetts -- "Gone are the living, but the dead remains": Newport, Rhode Island -- Cemeteries as real estate: New York City -- Plain and fancy: Philadelphia and Lancaster County -- The southern way of death: South Carolina and Georgia -- New Orleans: where it's better to be buried above ground -- New Orleans: where it's better to be buried above ground -- Rituals of remembrance: St. Louis and the Boonslick -- Ethnicity, religion, and class in underground Chicago -- Celebrating the dead in Polyglot Texas -- California: missionaries, miners, moguls, and movie stars -- Who owns the bones? Sites and rites in Hawaii -- National military cemeteries -- Old and new fashions in death. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2008001861 |
| ISBN | 9780618624270 |
| ISBN | 0618624279 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E 159 .Y35 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |