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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The decoration of gravesites in America , as elsewhere , is an activity influenced by religion and ethnicity , by regional geography and history , as well as by the general location of the cemetery within a rural or urban setting .
The decoration of gravesites in America , as elsewhere , is an activity influenced by religion and ethnicity , by regional geography and history , as well as by the general location of the cemetery within a rural or urban setting .
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I have compared this same group of names with modern era ( 1980s ) telephone directories representing five urban communities in the area to determine the percentage they represent in the cumulative total of names in each community .
I have compared this same group of names with modern era ( 1980s ) telephone directories representing five urban communities in the area to determine the percentage they represent in the cumulative total of names in each community .
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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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