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Cremation in America
Fred Rosen
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Description for Cremation in America
Hardcover. Num Pages: 275 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
In this captivating review of the history, the practice, and the industry of cremation in America, award-winning former New York Times columnist Fred Rosen provides an authoritative source of information and many revealing facts about an increasingly common, yet still controversial, alternative to burial. Rosen gives an entertaining first person account of his inquiry into the practice of cremation and its roots. He describes the early ancient custom of cremation by funeral pyre and then explores why the rising Church banned the practice as a sacrilege. He then traces the underpinnings of the modern cremation movement in the late 19th ... Read more
In this captivating review of the history, the practice, and the industry of cremation in America, award-winning former New York Times columnist Fred Rosen provides an authoritative source of information and many revealing facts about an increasingly common, yet still controversial, alternative to burial. Rosen gives an entertaining first person account of his inquiry into the practice of cremation and its roots. He describes the early ancient custom of cremation by funeral pyre and then explores why the rising Church banned the practice as a sacrilege. He then traces the underpinnings of the modern cremation movement in the late 19th ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Prometheus Books New York
Number of pages
275
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Amherst, United States
ISBN
9781591021360
SKU
KEX0227741
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