TY  - BOOK
AU  - Prothero,Stephen R.
TI  - Purified by fire: a history of cremation in America 
SN  - 9780520929746
AV  - GT3330 .P76 2001eb
U1  - 393/.2 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Cremation
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Funeral rites and ceremonies
KW  - Mortuary Practice
KW  - history
KW  - Funeral Rites
KW  - Public Opinion
KW  - Crémation
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Opinion publique
KW  - Funérailles
KW  - Rites et cérémonies
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Death & Dying
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - fast
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - gnd
KW  - Krematorium
KW  - Feuerbestattung
KW  - Crematie
KW  - gtt
KW  - ram
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Mœurs et coutumes
KW  - USA
KW  - Moeurs et coutumes
KW  - Humaniora
KW  - Etnologi og folkloristik
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index; Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: BIRTH, 18741896 -- 1. The Cremation of Baron De Palm -- 2. Sanitary Reform -- 3. Resurrection and the Resurrectionists -- PART TWO: BRICKS AND MORTAR, 18961963 -- 4. The Business of Cremation -- 5. The Memorial Idea -- PART THREE: BOOM, 1963PRESENT -- 6. Consumers Last Rites -- 7. Contemporary Ways of Cremation -- Timeline -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W
N2  - 'Purified by Fire' tells the story of cremation's rise from notoriety to legitimacy and takes a provocative new look at important transformations in the American cultural landscape over the last 150 years
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