Cemeteries GravemarkersRichard Meyer Utah State University Press, 1992 - 347 pages 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. |
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... region's popula- tion argues more favorably for Europe as a source area for the region's religious values and traditions than for any part of the world . The wide- spread occurrence of similar folk burial traditions across Europe ...
... region's popula- tion argues more favorably for Europe as a source area for the region's religious values and traditions than for any part of the world . The wide- spread occurrence of similar folk burial traditions across Europe ...
Page 237
... region are not markedly different from such pro- cesses elsewhere , except perhaps in terms of chronology or highly indi- vidualized regional nuances . Therefore , I am hopeful that the method em- ployed here might present itself as a ...
... region are not markedly different from such pro- cesses elsewhere , except perhaps in terms of chronology or highly indi- vidualized regional nuances . Therefore , I am hopeful that the method em- ployed here might present itself as a ...
Page 242
... region's ethnic linkages with its past . The communities chosen were Butler , Erie , Meadville , New Kensington ( a community on Pittsburgh's northeastern urban fringe ) , and Washington . These communi- ties are well centralized on a ...
... region's ethnic linkages with its past . The communities chosen were Butler , Erie , Meadville , New Kensington ( a community on Pittsburgh's northeastern urban fringe ) , and Washington . These communi- ties are well centralized on a ...
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Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Images of Logging on Contemporary Pacific Northwest | 61 |
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