Digging up the dead : a history of notable American reburials / Michael Kammen
2009, 1st edition. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #385309
ISBN: 9780226423296
Physical description; 260 pp., illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; A short history of reburial: patterns of change over time -- Heroes of the Revolution: the siting and reciting of patriotism -- Honor, dishonor, and issues of reputation: from sectionalism to nationalism -- Problematic graves, tourism, and the wishes of survivors -- Disinterred by devotion: religion, race, and spiritual repose -- Repossessing the dead elsewhere in our time. Subjects; Exhumation United States History. Exhumation Political aspects. Burial. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Family and Relationships.
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