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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Dying of Death: The Meaning and Management of Death in America, 1830-1920
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis dissertation describes and analyzes the development of the American Way of Death. Unlike Jessica Mitford's The American Way of Death, which described this development primarily in terms of the profit motive, this thesis considers the complexity of cultural change. After a review of American approaches to death before 1850, it examines the influence of science, religious liberalism, cemetery reform, and funeral service reform on American beliefs and behavior concerning death. It concludes with a case study, showing how these national trends affected the meaning and management of death in Vermilion County, Illinois.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- History
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Farrell, James Joseph
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8017931
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67352