LEADER 04453nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910809968403321 005 20240418092055.0 010 $a1-281-80175-5 010 $a9786611801755 010 $a0-8135-4566-8 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813545660 035 $a(CKB)1000000000576819 035 $a(EBL)361676 035 $a(OCoLC)476191056 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000210460 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912099 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000210460 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283398 035 $a(PQKB)10926266 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC361676 035 $a(DE-B1597)529628 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813545660 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL361676 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10251802 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180175 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000576819 100 $a20070417d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNew Jersey cemeteries and tombstones$b[electronic resource] $ehistory in the landscape /$fRichard F. Veit, Mark Nonestied 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRivergate Books$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4235-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Why Study Historic Burial Grounds? -- $t2. Early American Burial Grounds and Gravemarkers -- $t3. New Jersey's Colonial Gravemarkers -- $t4. From Graveyards and Burying Grounds to Cemeteries -- $t5. Victorian Valhallas: From Markers to Monuments -- $t6. New Technology, New Tools: The Professionalization of the Monument Industry -- $t7. New Immigrants, New Traditions -- $t8. Alternative Gravemarking Traditions; or, When a Gravestone Isn't a Gravestone -- $t9. Mansions of Immortality: Mausoleums and Columbaria -- $t10. Modern Marvels: The New Cemetery Aesthetic -- $t11. New Jersey's Burial Grounds Past and Present -- $tAPPENDIX A. Burial Grounds Visited -- $tAPPENDIX B. Gravestone Carvers Active in New Jersey -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tABOUT THE AUTHORS 330 $aFrom the earliest memorials used by Native Americans to the elaborate structures of the present day, Richard Veit and Mark Nonestied use grave markers to take an off-beat look at New Jersey's history that is both fascinating and unique. New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones presents a culturally diverse account of New Jersey's historic burial places from High Point to Cape May and from the banks of the Delaware to the ocean-washed Shore, to explain what cemeteries tell us about people and the communities in which they lived. The evidence ranges from somber seventeenth-century decorations such as hourglasses and skulls that denoted the brevity of colonial life, to modern times where memorials, such as a life-size granite Mercedes Benz, reflect the materialism of the new millennium. Also considered are contemporary novelties such as pet cemeteries and what they reveal about today's culture. To tell their story the authors visited more than 1,000 burial grounds and interviewed numerous monument dealers and cemetarians. This richly illustrated book is essential reading for history buffs and indeed anyone who has ever wandered inquisitively through their local cemeteries. 606 $aCemeteries$zNew Jersey 606 $aHistoric sites$zNew Jersey 606 $aSepulchral monuments$zNew Jersey 606 $aLandscape architecture$zNew Jersey 606 $aCemeteries$zNew Jersey$xHistory 606 $aSepulchral monuments$zNew Jersey$xHistory 606 $aBurial$zNew Jersey$xHistory 606 $aLandscapes$zNew Jersey$xHistory 607 $aNew Jersey$xHistory, Local 615 0$aCemeteries 615 0$aHistoric sites 615 0$aSepulchral monuments 615 0$aLandscape architecture 615 0$aCemeteries$xHistory. 615 0$aSepulchral monuments$xHistory. 615 0$aBurial$xHistory. 615 0$aLandscapes$xHistory. 676 $a363.7/509479 700 $aVeit$b Richard Francis$f1968-$01716452 701 $aNonestied$b Mark$01716453 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809968403321 996 $aNew Jersey cemeteries and tombstones$94111773 997 $aUNINA