Cemeteries and Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture (American Material Culture and Folklife)

by Richard Meyer

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Cemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American society...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0835719030

ISBN13:9780835719032

Release Date:January 1989

Publisher:Umi Research Pr

Length:347 Pages

Weight:1.96 lbs.

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Americas Death Folklore & Mythology History Language Arts Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sociology

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