London
Subtitle: city of the dead
By: David Brandon & Alan Brooke
Contributors: Brooke, Alan, 1946-
Publisher: History
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780752496177; 9780750946339
Subjects: Social life and customs; History; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Popular Culture; Anthropology; Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; Cultural Policy; Manners and customs; SOCIAL SCIENCE
Description: London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths and cemeteries. Taking the reader from Roman London to the 'glorious dead' of the First World War, this is the first systematic look at London'd culture of death, with analysis of its customs and superstitions, rituals and representations. The authors of the celebrated London: The Executioner's City weave their way through the streets of London once again, this time combining some of the capital's most cu.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. 'A Good Send-Off'; 2. Resurrectionists and Bodysnatchers; 3. Controversies; 4. Bizarre Deaths; 5. Churchyards and Other Burial Places; 6. Death and the Afterlife in the Arts; 7. Irrational Aspects; 8. Death and Disaster; 9. Pestilence and Public Health; 10. Commemoration and Memory; 11. Curious Memorials and Monuments; 12. People and their Pains; 13. Chronicling Death; Bibliography; Photo Section.