Author: sir Francis Seymour Haden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burial
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Earth to earth, a plea for a change of system in our burial of the dead
Author: sir Francis Seymour Haden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burial
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burial
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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The Insurance Cyclopaedia
Author: Walford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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The Encyclopedia of Insurance
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338210539X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338210539X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms Used in Connexion with the Theory and Practice of Insurance in All Its Branches
Author: Cornelius Walford
Publisher:
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The Insurance Cyclopeadia
Author: Cornelius Walford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London
Author: Gian Luca Amadei
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000521516
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
This book explores how Victorian cemeteries were the direct result of the socio-cultural, economic and political context of the city, and were part of a unique transformation process that emerged in London at the time. The book shows how the re-ordering of the city’s burial spaces, along with the principles of health and hygiene, were directly associated with liberal capital investments, which had consequences in the spatial arrangement of London. Victorian cemeteries, in particular, were not only a solution for overcrowded graveyards, they also acted as urban generators in the formation London’s suburbs in the nineteenth century. Beginning with an analysis of the conditions that triggered the introduction of the early Victorian cemeteries in London, this book investigates their spatial arrangement, aesthetics and functions. These developments are illustrated through the study of three private Victorian burial sites: Kensal Green Cemetery, Highgate Cemetery and Brookwood Cemetery. The book is aimed at students and researchers of London history, planning and environment, and Victorian and death culture studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000521516
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
This book explores how Victorian cemeteries were the direct result of the socio-cultural, economic and political context of the city, and were part of a unique transformation process that emerged in London at the time. The book shows how the re-ordering of the city’s burial spaces, along with the principles of health and hygiene, were directly associated with liberal capital investments, which had consequences in the spatial arrangement of London. Victorian cemeteries, in particular, were not only a solution for overcrowded graveyards, they also acted as urban generators in the formation London’s suburbs in the nineteenth century. Beginning with an analysis of the conditions that triggered the introduction of the early Victorian cemeteries in London, this book investigates their spatial arrangement, aesthetics and functions. These developments are illustrated through the study of three private Victorian burial sites: Kensal Green Cemetery, Highgate Cemetery and Brookwood Cemetery. The book is aimed at students and researchers of London history, planning and environment, and Victorian and death culture studies.
The Work of the Dead
Author: Thomas W. Laqueur
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400874513
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 745
Book Description
The meaning of our concern for mortal remains—from antiquity through the twentieth century The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture has been indifferent to mortal remains. Even in our supposedly disenchanted scientific age, the dead body still matters—for individuals, communities, and nations. A remarkably ambitious history, The Work of the Dead offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century. The book draws on a vast range of sources—from mortuary archaeology, medical tracts, letters, songs, poems, and novels to painting and landscapes in order to recover the work that the dead do for the living: making human communities that connect the past and the future. Laqueur shows how the churchyard became the dominant resting place of the dead during the Middle Ages and why the cemetery largely supplanted it during the modern period. He traces how and why since the nineteenth century we have come to gather the names of the dead on great lists and memorials and why being buried without a name has become so disturbing. And finally, he tells how modern cremation, begun as a fantasy of stripping death of its history, ultimately failed—and how even the ashes of the victims of the Holocaust have been preserved in culture. A fascinating chronicle of how we shape the dead and are in turn shaped by them, this is a landmark work of cultural history.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400874513
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 745
Book Description
The meaning of our concern for mortal remains—from antiquity through the twentieth century The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture has been indifferent to mortal remains. Even in our supposedly disenchanted scientific age, the dead body still matters—for individuals, communities, and nations. A remarkably ambitious history, The Work of the Dead offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century. The book draws on a vast range of sources—from mortuary archaeology, medical tracts, letters, songs, poems, and novels to painting and landscapes in order to recover the work that the dead do for the living: making human communities that connect the past and the future. Laqueur shows how the churchyard became the dominant resting place of the dead during the Middle Ages and why the cemetery largely supplanted it during the modern period. He traces how and why since the nineteenth century we have come to gather the names of the dead on great lists and memorials and why being buried without a name has become so disturbing. And finally, he tells how modern cremation, begun as a fantasy of stripping death of its history, ultimately failed—and how even the ashes of the victims of the Holocaust have been preserved in culture. A fascinating chronicle of how we shape the dead and are in turn shaped by them, this is a landmark work of cultural history.
Earth to Earth. An Answer to a Pamphlet on “Cremation” ... Reprinted ... from the Times
Author: Sir Francis Seymour HADEN
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Library
Author: New York State Library
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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