The American Resting Place
by Marilyn Yalom · 2008
Popularity 3
Traces the history of America through its gravestones, graveyards, and burial practices, in an illustrated study that follows the historic pattern of American immigration to reveal changing ideas about death, gender, and class.
CemeteriesFuneral rites and ceremoniesHistory, LocalLocal HistoryPictorial worksSepulchral monumentsSocial life and customsCemeteries -- United StatesUnited states, history, localUnited states, history, pictorial worksUnited states, social life and customsHISTORY