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Author Laderman, Gary, 1962-

Title Rest in peace : a cultural history of death and the funeral home in twentieth-century America / Gary Laderman.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  393.9 LADERMAN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  393 LAD    Check Shelf
Description xlii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction : 1963 -- 1. From house calls to funeral homes : changing relations between the living and the dead -- 2. Explaining the American funeral, 1918-1963 -- 3. Good grief! Jessica Mitford makes The New York times bestseller list -- 4. Keeping the dead in place : old and new patterns of consumption -- 5. Final frontiers : into the twenty-first century -- Epilogue : 9/11 -- Notes -- Index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.
Subject Undertakers and undertaking -- United States.
Funeral supplies industry -- United States.
ISBN 019513608X
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