Cemeteries and gravemarkers : voices of American culture / / edited by Richard E. Meyer ; with a foreword by James Deetz |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 393/.1/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MeyerRichard E. <1939-> |
Soggetto topico |
Sepulchral monuments - United States
Cemeteries - United States Epitaphs - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-31130-5
9786613311306 0-87421-323-1 0-585-03931-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword - James Deetz; Acknowledgements; Introduction: ""So Witty as to Speak"" - Richard E. Meyer; Icon and Epitaph; Origins and Influences; Ethicity and Regionalism; Business and Pleasure; Bibliography - Richard E. Meyer; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910213829403321 |
Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Last landscapes : the architecture of the cemetery in the West / / Ken Worpole ; colour photography by Larraine Worpole |
Autore | Worpole Ken |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina |
718
725.59709 |
Soggetto topico |
Cemeteries - Europe
Cemeteries - United States Sepulchral monuments - Europe Sepulchral monuments - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-26436-2
9786612264368 1-86189-539-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Last Landscapes Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Living with the Dead; 2 Landscapes and Meanings; 3 Death's Compass:The Society and Ecology of the Churchyard; 4 Cities of the Dead; 5 Libraries in Stone; 6 A Walk in the Paradise Gardens; 7 The Disappearing Body: Burial, Cremation and Landscape Form in the Twentieth Century; 8 A Place at the Endof the Earth; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910866591303321 |
Worpole Ken | ||
London, : Reaktion, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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