Over my dead body : unearthing the hidden history of Americas cemeteries / Greg Melville.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Abrams Press, (c)2022.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- online resource
- 9781647003043
- GT3320 .O947 2022
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Includes bibliographies and index.
"Melville's Over My Dead Body is a lively (pun intended) and wide-ranging history of cemeteries, places that have mirrored the passing eras in history but have also shaped it. Cemeteries have given birth to landscape architecture and famous parks, as well as influenced architectural styles. They've inspired and motivated some of our greatest poets and authors--Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson. They've been used as political tools to shift the country's discourse and as important symbols of the United States' ambition and reach. But they are changing and fading. Embalming and burial is incredibly toxic, and while cremations have just recently surpassed burials in popularity, they're not great for the environment either. Over My Dead Body explores everything--history, sustainability, land use, and more--and what it really means to memorialize"--Provided by Publisher.
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