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The American way of death revisited

The American way of death revisited

Jessica Mitford · 1656 · 296 pages

Economic aspectsEconomic aspects of Funeral rites and ceremoniesFuneral rites and ceremoniesUndertakers and undertakingUnited states, social life and customsDeath, moral and ethical aspects

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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.

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