A Record for Public Memory -- The Egalitarian Life -- Death in the Civil War Era -- A New Century -- The Forgotten Dead -- "In the Midst of Life."
Summary
This book surveys more than 8,000 newspaper obituaries from 1818 to 1930 to show what they reveal about American culture. In memoralizing individual citizens, these obits from the 19th and early 20th centuries make a public expression of our values
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-190) and index
