Cemeteries and gravemarkers voices of American culture

Cemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Meyer, Richard E., 1939- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press 1992.
Edición:1st ed
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  • Contents; Foreword - James Deetz; Acknowledgements; Introduction: ""So Witty as to Speak"" - Richard E. Meyer; Icon and Epitaph; Origins and Influences; Ethicity and Regionalism; Business and Pleasure; Bibliography - Richard E. Meyer; Contributors; Index