Obituaries in American culture
By: Janice Hume.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Obituaries -- United States -- History.; Death -- Social aspects -- United States.; Memory -- Social aspects -- United States.; United States -- Civilization -- 19th century.; United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.; United States -- Civilization -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.
Description: This book surveys more than 8,000 newspaper obituaries from 1818 to 1930 to show what they reveal about American culture. In memoralizing individual citizens, these obits from the 19th and early 20th centuries make a public expression of our values.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-190) and index.