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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Although the South remained largely a rural environment until after World War II , new ideas about cemetery care were being brought into the region from an early date . Rapid urbanization outside the region affected urban centers in the ...
Although the South remained largely a rural environment until after World War II , new ideas about cemetery care were being brought into the region from an early date . Rapid urbanization outside the region affected urban centers in the ...
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Frederick Law Olmsted criticized “ rural ” cemeteries as the " constant resort of mere pleasure seekers , travellers , promenaders , and loungers ” and refused to design many new ones . Instead , following the changing tastes and ...
Frederick Law Olmsted criticized “ rural ” cemeteries as the " constant resort of mere pleasure seekers , travellers , promenaders , and loungers ” and refused to design many new ones . Instead , following the changing tastes and ...
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Columbus , Oh .: Ohio State University Press , 1988 . and Sloane , David C. “ Spring Grove : The Founding of Cincinnati's Rural Cemetery , 1845–1855 . ” Queen City Heritage : The Journal of the Cincinnati Historical Society 43 : 1 ...
Columbus , Oh .: Ohio State University Press , 1988 . and Sloane , David C. “ Spring Grove : The Founding of Cincinnati's Rural Cemetery , 1845–1855 . ” Queen City Heritage : The Journal of the Cincinnati Historical Society 43 : 1 ...
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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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