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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Weitere Verfasser: Meyer, Richard E., 1939-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1992.
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Zusammenfassung: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 grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American society at large.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-339) and index.
ISBN:9780874213232
0874213231
0585039313
9780585039312
9786613311306
6613311308

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