American Way of Death Revisited

Name: American Way of Death Revisited
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ISBN: 9780679771869

ISBN-10: 0679771867

ISBN-13: 9780679771869

Edition: 2nd 2000

Authors: Jessica Mitford

List price: $17.00

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In the early 1960s this savage and hilarious analysis of America's funeral practices rocked the industry and shocked the public. This up-dated edition shows that, if anything, the industry has become more pernicious than ever.

Book details

List price: $17.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/4/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Helen Benedict teaches at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her profiles of authors and celebrities have appeared in magazines throughout the country, including The New York Times Book Reviewand Esquire.



Editor's Note


Foreword


Introduction



Not Selling



The American Way of Death



The Funeral Transaction



The Artifacts



The Story of Service



The Rationale



The Allied Industries



God's Little Million-Dollar Acre



Shroudland Revisited



Cremation



What the Public Wants



Fashions in Funerals



The Newest Profession



The Nosy Clergy



The Federal Trade Commission



A Global Village of the Dead



Funerals in England Then and Now



Press and Protest



Pay Now - Die Poorer



New Hope for the Dead


Directory of Not-for-Profit Funeral and Memorial Societies


Index