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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In cemeteries such as Laurel Hill , Mount Auburn , or Green - Wood , gravemarkers of varying sorts dominate , whereas above - ground tombs and mausoleums are interspersed sporadically along the avenues or paths .
In cemeteries such as Laurel Hill , Mount Auburn , or Green - Wood , gravemarkers of varying sorts dominate , whereas above - ground tombs and mausoleums are interspersed sporadically along the avenues or paths .
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The hard life began at that cultural intersection , transcending the field work of rural Narragansett and infiltrating urban and urbane Newport , finally ending at the margin above Dyre Avenue in the Common Burying Ground .
The hard life began at that cultural intersection , transcending the field work of rural Narragansett and infiltrating urban and urbane Newport , finally ending at the margin above Dyre Avenue in the Common Burying Ground .
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He asked his readers , " Can you doubt that if our large towns added pleasure grounds like Green - Wood ... Downing took action by lobbying for creation of the nation's first urban , public “ pleasure ground ”New York's Central Park.48 ...
He asked his readers , " Can you doubt that if our large towns added pleasure grounds like Green - Wood ... Downing took action by lobbying for creation of the nation's first urban , public “ pleasure ground ”New York's Central Park.48 ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| 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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