About this book
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.
Subjects
CemeteriesFuneral rites and ceremoniesHistory, LocalLocal HistoryPictorial worksSepulchral monumentsSocial life and customsCemeteries -- United StatesUnited states, history, localUnited states, history, pictorial worksUnited states, social life and customsHISTORYNorth AmericaManners and customsFriedhofGrabmal