Title: The American way of death
First published: January 1, 1901
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."
Subjects: Economic aspects of Funeral rites and ceremonies, Death, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Undertakers and undertaking, United States, Funeral Rites, Mortuary Practice, Economic aspects, Tod, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
Places: United States, USA