The American Resting Place
Subtitle: 400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries andBurial Grounds
Contributors: Reid S. Yalom (Photographer)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: May 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780618624270
Subjects: Death & Dying; North American; United States - General; History / North America; History; History - General History; History - U.S.; History: American
Description: 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.