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Howarth Glennys |
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Titolo |
Last rites : the work of the modern funeral director / / Glennys Howarth |
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Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., c1996 |
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1-315-22425-9 |
1-351-84333-8 |
1-351-84334-6 |
0-89503-585-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 p.) |
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Collana |
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Death, value, and meaning series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Undertakers and undertaking |
Undertakers and undertaking - Social aspects |
Funeral rites and ceremonies |
Death - Social aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Last Rites: The Work of the Modern Funeral Director""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 Modern Death Rituals and the Undertaker""; ""CHAPTER 2 The Business of Funeral Directing""; ""CHAPTER 3 Funeral Directing in Easton""; ""CHAPTER 4 Becoming an Undertaker""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Contaminated Corpse""; ""CHAPTER 6 Making Arrangements""; ""CHAPTER 7 Humanizing the Body""; ""CHAPTER 8 The Funeral Ceremony""; ""CONCLUSION: The Undertaker: Past, Present, and Future""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
""Select Titles from the: Death, Value and Meaning Series""""Back Cover"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company. |
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