Digging up the dead [electronic resource] : a history of notable American reburials / Michael Kammen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.Description: xi, 160 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 393/.10973 22
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  • GT3203 .K365 2009eb
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Contents:
A short history of reburial: patterns of change over time -- Heroes of the Revolution: the siting and reciting of patriotism -- Honor, dishonor, and issues of reputation: from sectionalism to nationalism -- Problematic graves, tourism, and the wishes of survivors -- Disinterred by devotion: religion, race, and spiritual repose -- Repossessing the dead elsewhere in our time.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A short history of reburial: patterns of change over time -- Heroes of the Revolution: the siting and reciting of patriotism -- Honor, dishonor, and issues of reputation: from sectionalism to nationalism -- Problematic graves, tourism, and the wishes of survivors -- Disinterred by devotion: religion, race, and spiritual repose -- Repossessing the dead elsewhere in our time.

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