The American way of death
By: by Jessica Mitford
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Funeral Rites; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Undertakers and undertaking; Mortuary Practice; Tod
Description: "...Here is a whole complex of commercial operations that result in funerals whose expense, display and mumbo jumbo are unrelated to any Christian or Jewish tradition and virtually unheard of in any other country today. And there is precise information on what is being done to lower the cost and raise the dignity of burial in the United States."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-325) and index.