| Cemeteries Gravemarkers Contributor(s): Meyer, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874211603 ISBN-13: 9780874211603 Publisher: Utah State University Press OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1992 Annotation: Meyer examines burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give fresh insight into the history of America and the development of its cultural values. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Death & Dying - History | United States - General - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 393.109 |
| LCCN: 92-31114 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.14" W x 9.03" (1.35 lbs) 347 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 at large. |