Produktbild
Jeffrey Smith

The Rural Cemetery Movement

Places of Paradox in Nineteenth-Century America

Buch

When Mount Auburn opened as the first rural cemetery in the United States in 1831, it represented a new way for Americans to think about burial sites. It broke with conventional notions about graveyards as places to bury and commemorate the dead. Rather, the founders of Mount Auburn and the spate of similar cemeteries that followed over the next three decades before the Civil War created institutions that they envisioned being used by the living in new ways. Cemeteries became places for leisure, communing with nature, and creating a version of collective memory. In fact, these cemeteries reflected changing values and attitudes of Americans sp… Mehr

CHF 52.90

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen

Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-4985-2902-0
  • EAN: 9781498529020
  • Produktnummer: 32367694
  • Verlag: Lexington Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 180 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.9 cm 270 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 270

100 weitere Werke von Jeffrey Smith:


Bewertungen


0 von 0 Bewertungen

Geben Sie eine Bewertung ab!

Teilen Sie Ihre Erfahrungen mit dem Produkt mit anderen Kunden.