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The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds

Marilyn Yalom

Synopsis:
Traces the four-hundred-year 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, personal identity, gender, class, economic status, ethnic burial rites, and more.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2005, Hardcover - 2004, Softcover - 2004, Hardcover - 2003, Softcover - 2002, Softcover - 2002, Softcover - 2002, Hardcover - 2001, Softcover - 1998, Hardcover - 1997