The American Way of Death Revisited

Contents

1. EDITOR’S NOTE
2. FOREWORD
3. INTRODUCTION
4. 1 Not Selling
5. 2 The American Way of Death
6. 3 The Funeral Transaction
7. 4 The Artifacts
8. 5 The Story of Service
9. 6 The Rationale
10. 7 The Allied Industries
11. 8 God’s Little Million-Dollar Acre
12. 9 Shroudland Revisited
13. 10 Cremation
14. After Words
15. 11 What the Public Wants
16. 12 Fashions in Funerals
17. 13 The Newest Profession
18. 14 The Nosy Clergy
19. 15 The Federal Trade Commission
20. 16 A Global Village of the Dead
21. 17 Funerals in England Then and Now
22. Funerals in England Then
23. Funerals in England Now
24. English Country Funerals
25. 18 Press and Protest
26. After Words
27. 19 Pay Now—Die Poorer
28. 20 New Hope for the Dead
29. Directory of Not-for-Profit Funeral and Memorial Societies

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