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21 de mai. de 2024 · The American Way of Death Revisited confronts new trends, including the success of the profession's lobbyists in Washington, inflated cremation costs, the telemarketing of pay-in-advance graves, and the effects of monopolies in a death-care industry now dominated by multinational corporations.
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7 de mai. de 2024 · The savage and hilarious analysis of America's funeral practices rocked the industry and shocked the public. This up-dated edition (revised just before the author's death) shows that if anything the industry has become more pernicious than ever in its assault on our practices and wallets.
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Há 6 dias · We will look at the wide range of burial practices in the world, including the “American way of death”, and then concentrate on the physical remains themselves. What do burial practices indicate as to beliefs, rituals, religion and society?
6 de mai. de 2024 · First Edition. 238 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. B&W frontispiece. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with tanning to spine.
12 de mai. de 2024 · This Reference Books item is sold by ThriftBooksVintage. Ships from Dallas, TX. Listed on May 12, 2024
22 de mai. de 2024 · Enemies in Funeral Service. In the 60’s Jessica Mitford was the objective of our collective anger. In her book The American Way of Death, she pulled the curtain back on the practices of the day. Some of her assumptions and accusations were inflated and unfair. Some of her statements were correct and on point.
