The American way of death revisited

296 pages

English language

Published Dec. 6, 2000 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
978-0-679-77186-9
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OCLC Number:
43466546

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Here is the classic anatomy of America's funeral practices, revised, expanded, and brought up-to-date for a new generation. This revised edition contains completely new chapters on, among other things, prepayment ("Pay Now - Die Poorer") and the new multinational corporations ("A Global Village of the Dead"), as well as a jaundiced look at the failure of the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the laws that the original edition of this book helped bring about. And, of course, there's a total updating of the facts and figures that tell the tale.

2 editions

Subjects

  • Mitford, Jessica, -- 1917-
  • Undertakers and undertaking -- United States
  • Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Economic aspects -- United States

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