The American way of death / Jessica Mitford.
The American way of death / Jessica Mitford.
By
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Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996-
Publication Date
:
1963
Publication Information
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New York : Simon and Schuster,
Physical Description
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333 p.
Subject Term
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Undertakers and undertaking -- United States.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliography.
Summary
:
Here is a whole complex of commercial operations that result in funerals whose expense, display and mumbo jumbo are unrelated to any Christian or Jewish tradition and virtually unheard of in any other country today. And there is precise information on what is being done to lower the cost and raise the dignity of burial in the United States.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780449239858
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| Placentia (APA) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 393 M69 | Checked In |