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Author Prothero, Stephen R.

Title Purified by fire : a history of cremation in America / Stephen Prothero.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]
©2001
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 266 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.
Summary 'Purified by Fire' tells the story of cremation's rise from notoriety to legitimacy and takes a provocative new look at important transformations in the American cultural landscape over the last 150 years.
Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: BIRTH, 18741896 -- 1. The Cremation of Baron De Palm -- 2. Sanitary Reform -- 3. Resurrection and the Resurrectionists -- PART TWO: BRICKS AND MORTAR, 18961963 -- 4. The Business of Cremation -- 5. The Memorial Idea -- PART THREE: BOOM, 1963PRESENT -- 6. Consumers Last Rites -- 7. Contemporary Ways of Cremation -- Timeline -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.
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Subject Cremation -- United States -- History.
Cremation.
United States.
History.
Cremation -- United States -- Public opinion.
Public opinion.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States -- History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Public opinion -- United States.
United States -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Indexed Term Humaniora Etnologi og folkloristik.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Prothero, Stephen R. Purified by fire. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001 0520208161 (DLC) 00059005 (OCoLC)44633004
ISBN 9780520929746 (electronic book)
0520929748 (electronic book)
0585391173 (electronic book)
9780585391175 (electronic book)
1597348414
9781597348416
9780520208162
0520208161
0520208161 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1282357042
9781282357044

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