Entrée principale:

Sloane, David Charles.

Titre et auteur:

The last great necessity : cemeteries in American history / David Charles Sloane.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1991.

Description:

xxiii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Série(s):

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
1. An American mosaic of death -- I. The living among the dead, 1796-1855. 2. Displacing the dead -- 3. Mount Auburn and the rural-cemetery movement -- 4. An American resting place -- II. Commercialization of the cemetery, 1855-1917. 5. Retreat from sentimentality -- 6. Commercialism, cremation, and the modern cemetery -- III. Isolating death, 1917-1949. 7. The ideal cemetery : the memorial park -- 8. The cemetery in crisis -- IV. The American way of death, 1950-1990. 9. Serving the living.
Dust jacket.

Résumé:

This text argues that water resources decision-makers traditionally make policies favouring development and economic efficiency over principles such as environmental protection, resulting in short-term economic gains at the expense of long-term economic benefits and ecological stability.

Ressources:
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

0801840686 (alk. paper)
9780801840685 (alk. paper)
0801851289
9780801851285
0801851254
9780801851254

Sujet:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Funeral rites and ceremonies United States.
Cemeteries Landscape architecture United States.
Cemeteries United States Landscape architecture.
Funeral Rites history
Funérailles Rites et cérémonies États-Unis.
Cimetières États-Unis Architecture du paysage.
Cimetières Architecture du paysage États-Unis.
Cemeteries Landscape architecture.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Manners and customs.
Friedhof
United States Social life and customs.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes.
United States.
United States Cemeteries History.
USA
Cemeteries

Vedettes secondaires:

Creating the North American landscape.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 76071
Cote: ID:92-B401
Statut: Disponible