The American way of death revisited
By: Jessica Mitford
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780679450375
Subjects: Undertakers and undertaking; Funeral rites and ceremonies
Description: Here is the classic anatomy of America's funeral practices, revised, expanded, and brought up-to-date for a new generation. This revised edition contains completely new chapters on, among other things, prepayment ("Pay Now - Die Poorer") and the new multinational corporations ("A Global Village of the Dead"), as well as a jaundiced look at the failure of the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the laws that the original edition of this book helped bring about. And, of course, there's a total updating of the facts and figures that tell the tale.
Notes: Includes index.