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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Exhumation--History.--United States Exhumation--Political aspects--United States. Burial--History.--United States Funeral rites and ceremonies--History.--United States