The Rural Cemetery Movement

Places of Paradox in Nineteenth-Century America

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Smith, Jeffrey

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RLPG/Galleyserschienen am23.10.2017

This study provides a cultural history of cemeteries and their changing role from the 1830s through the early twentieth century. The author examines how cemeteries became places for leisure, communing with nature, and crafting collective memory and analyzes how they served as prototypes for urban planning and city parks.mehr

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KlappentextThis study provides a cultural history of cemeteries and their changing role from the 1830s through the early twentieth century. The author examines how cemeteries became places for leisure, communing with nature, and crafting collective memory and analyzes how they served as prototypes for urban planning and city parks.

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-4985-2900-6

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartGebunden

Verlag

RLPG/Galleys

Erscheinungsjahr2017

Erscheinungsdatum23.10.2017

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 157 mm, Höhe 235 mm, Dicke 15 mm

Gewicht425 g

Artikel-Nr.43829121

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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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Chapter 1: Cemeteries as Sacred Yet SecularChapter 2: Nature v. Nature Chapter 3: Cemeteries as Urban AmenitiesChapter 4: The Cemetery BusinessChapter 5: Cemetery Design and Social ClassChapter 6: Monuments, Commemoration, and Collective Memorymehr