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010 a| 96010373;

020 a| 0300064322 (cloth : alk. paper) :c| $38.50;

035 a| (Sirsi) H1000441;

035 a| (OCoLC)34356930;

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049 a| NEHH;

100 1 a| Laderman, Gary,d| 1962-=| ^A519384;

245 14 a| The sacred remains :b| American attitudes toward death, 1799-1883 /c| Gary Laderman.;

300 a| xi, 227 :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-218) and index.;

505 00 g| pt. 1. t| Living with the dead in the Antebellum North: George Washington's invisible corpse and the beaver hat -- g| ch. 1. t| Signs of death -- g| ch. 2. t| From the place of death to the space of burial -- g| ch. 3. t| Simplicity lost: the urban model of death -- g| ch. 4. t| Great escape -- g| ch. 5. t| "The law of nature": revisioning mortality and the natural order -- g| ch. 6. t| Morbid obsessions -- g| pt. 2. t| Death in the Civil War: John Brown's body and a soldier's experiences of death on the battlefield -- g| ch. 7. t| Death during wartime -- g| ch. 8. t| "Let the dead bury the dead": the search for closure -- g| ch. 9. t| National interests -- g| ch. 10. t| "Resurrection days" and redemptive blood -- g| ch. 11. t| Disenchantment with the mortal remains -- g| ch. 12. t| Looking death in the face -- t| Epilogue: the birth of the death industry: Abraham Lincoln's hallowed and hollowed body -- g| ch. 13. t| Business of death in the late nineteenth century.;

650 2 a| Christianityz| Northeastern United States.=| ^A922286;

650 2 a| Attitude to Death.=| ^A917931;

919 a| BOOK;

959 a| 1000441;

096 a| BF 789 D4 L154s 1996;

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The sacred remains : American attitudes toward death, 1799-1883 / Gary Laderman.

Author/creator	Laderman, Gary, 1962-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1996.
Description	xi, 227 : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Christianity--Northeastern United States. Attitude to Death.

Contents	pt. 1. Living with the dead in the Antebellum North: George Washington's invisible corpse and the beaver hat -- ch. 1. Signs of death -- ch. 2. From the place of death to the space of burial -- ch. 3. Simplicity lost: the urban model of death -- ch. 4. Great escape -- ch. 5. "The law of nature": revisioning mortality and the natural order -- ch. 6. Morbid obsessions -- pt. 2. Death in the Civil War: John Brown's body and a soldier's experiences of death on the battlefield -- ch. 7. Death during wartime -- ch. 8. "Let the dead bury the dead": the search for closure -- ch. 9. National interests -- ch. 10. "Resurrection days" and redemptive blood -- ch. 11. Disenchantment with the mortal remains -- ch. 12. Looking death in the face -- Epilogue: the birth of the death industry: Abraham Lincoln's hallowed and hollowed body -- ch. 13. Business of death in the late nineteenth century.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-218) and index.
LCCN	96010373
ISBN	0300064322 (cloth : alk. paper) :

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