General Information

Author/Creator

Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996.

Language

English.

Published

London : Hutchinson, 1963.

Physical Description

238 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Subject

Funeral rites and ceremonies > Economic aspects > United States.

Undertakers and undertaking > United States.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Jessica Mitford.

Content

I. The American way of death -- II. The American funeral today. 1. The artifacts. 2. The story of service. The rationale. 4. What the public wants -- III. The cost of dying. 1. The funeral transactions and costs. 2. The allied industries. 3. God's little million-dollar acre. 4. Shroudland revisited. 5. Cremation -- IV. Fashions in funerals -- V. Funerals in England -- VI. How others see them. 1. The "nosy" clergy. 2. Press and protest -- VII. New hope for the dead.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	393.0973 MIT		General Stacks	-

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