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Author Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996.

Title The American way of death revisited / Jessica Mitford
Edition Revised edition
Published New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998

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 MELB  338.473637509 Mit/Awo 1998  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 296 pages ; 25 cm
Contents 1. Not Selling -- 2. The American Way of Death -- 3. The Funeral Transaction -- 4. The Artifacts -- 5. The Story of Service -- 6. The Rationale -- 7. The Allied Industries -- 8. God's Little Million-Dollar Acre -- 9. Shroudland Revisited -- 10. Cremation -- 11. What the Public Wants -- 12. Fashions in Funerals -- 13. The Newest Profession -- 14. The Nosy Clergy -- 15. The Federal Trade Commission -- 16. A Global Village of the Dead -- 17. Funerals in England Then and Now -- 18. Press and Protest -- 19. Pay Now - Die Poorer -- 20. New Hope for the Dead
Summary Here is the classic anatomy of America's funeral practices, revised, expanded, and brought up-to-date for a new generation. This revised edition contains completely new chapters on, among other things, prepayment ("Pay Now - Die Poorer") and the new multinational corporations ("A Global Village of the Dead"), as well as a jaundiced look at the failure of the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the laws that the original edition of this book helped bring about. And, of course, there's a total updating of the facts and figures that tell the tale
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes index
Subject Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996. American Way of death
Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996. American way of death
Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996. The American Way of Death
Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996. he American Way of Death
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Undertakers and undertaking -- United States.
LC no. 97049349
ISBN 0679450378
Other Titles he American Way of Death