Digging up the dead
Subtitle: the politics of exhumation, reinterment, and reputation in American culture
By: Michael Kammen.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780226423296
Subjects: Exhumation -- United States -- History; Exhumation -- Political aspects -- United States; Burial -- United States -- History; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States -- History
Description: With this title, historian Michael Kammen reveals a treasure trove of fascinating, surprising, and sometimes gruesome stories of exhumation and reburial from throughout American history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A short history of reburial: patterns of change over time; title: Heroes of the Revolution: the siting and reciting of patriotism; title: Honor, dishonor, and issues of reputation: from sectionalism to nationalism; title: Problematic graves, tourism, and the wishes of survivors; title: Disinterred by devotion: religion, race, and spiritual repose; title: Repossessing the dead elsewhere in our time.