Kammen, Michael G.

Digging up the dead a history of notable American reburials / [electronic resource] : Michael Kammen. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009. - xi, 160 p. : ill.

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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Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
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Exhumation--History.--United States
Exhumation--Political aspects--United States.
Burial--History.--United States
Funeral rites and ceremonies--History.--United States


Electronic books.

GT3203 / .K365 2009eb

393/.10973