Cemeteries GravemarkersCemeteries 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. |
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... and close to nature from birth.12 In a kind of literary cult of childhood that began around 1800 in England and developed throughout the nineteenth century in America , children's innocence and sincerity was juxtaposed against adult ...
... and close to nature from birth.12 In a kind of literary cult of childhood that began around 1800 in England and developed throughout the nineteenth century in America , children's innocence and sincerity was juxtaposed against adult ...
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Scraped and mounded graves occur in eastern England , in Essex and Cambridge counties , in the Yorkshire counties , and also in Wiltshire in the south of England . In Scotland , the practice of scraping is slightly different than in ...
Scraped and mounded graves occur in eastern England , in Essex and Cambridge counties , in the Yorkshire counties , and also in Wiltshire in the south of England . In Scotland , the practice of scraping is slightly different than in ...
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The committee compiled a list of the most commonly used surnames in 1863 in the United Kingdom ( England , Scotland , Wales and Ulster ) , the present Republic of Ireland , and Germany , as well as a few additional countries which ...
The committee compiled a list of the most commonly used surnames in 1863 in the United Kingdom ( England , Scotland , Wales and Ulster ) , the present Republic of Ireland , and Germany , as well as a few additional countries which ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Pealkiri | Cemeteries Gravemarkers |
| Editor | Richard Meyer |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Utah State University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 24 mär. 2005 |
| ISBN | 0874211603, 9780874211603 |
| Length | 347 pages |
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