An edition of Digging up the dead (2009)

Digging up the dead

the politics of exhumation, reinterment, and reputation in American culture

by

  • 0 Ratings
  • 2 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read
Cover of: Digging up the dead by Michael G. Kammen
Preview Only

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
  • 0 Ratings
  • 2 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
March 7, 2023 | History
Edit
An edition of Digging up the dead (2009)

Digging up the dead

the politics of exhumation, reinterment, and reputation in American culture

by

  • 0 Ratings
  • 2 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

A funeral closes a life story, and a grave in a cemetery marks its end forever. But what happens when those left behind don't agree about the meaning of that story? Or when that disagreement extends all the way to arguments about the final resting place itself? In a surprising number of cases over the years, that's when people have chosen to grab shovels and start digging.With Digging Up the Dead, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Michael Kammen reveals a treasure trove of fascinating, surprising, and sometimes gruesome stories of exhumation and reburial from throughout American history.

Publish Date
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
260

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Subjects
History, Nonfiction, Burial, Exhumation, Funeral rites and ceremonies, United states, history, Autopsy

Showing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?

Edition Availability
Cover of: Digging up the Dead
Digging up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials
2011, University of Chicago Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Digging Up the Dead
Digging Up the Dead
2010, University of Chicago Press
Electronic resource in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Digging up the dead
Digging up the dead: a history of notable American reburials
2009, University of Chicago Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Digging up the dead
Digging up the dead: the politics of exhumation, reinterment, and reputation in American culture
2009, University of Chicago Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Table of Contents

A short history of reburial: patterns of change over time
Heroes of the Revolution: the siting and reciting of patriotism
Honor, dishonor, and issues of reputation: from sectionalism to nationalism
Problematic graves, tourism, and the wishes of survivors
Disinterred by devotion: religion, race, and spiritual repose
Repossessing the dead elsewhere in our time.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Chicago, London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
393/.10973
Library of Congress
GT3203 .K365 2009, GT3203 .K365 2010, GT3203.K365 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
260

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23575211M
Internet Archive
diggingupdeadhis00kamm
ISBN 10
0226423298
ISBN 13
9780226423296
LCCN
2009023515
OCLC/WorldCat
416137413
Library Thing
9759808

Source records

Library of Congress MARC record
Internet Archive item record
marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
marc_columbia MARC record
harvard_bibliographic_metadata record
marc_nuls MARC record

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

See All

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
March 7, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
January 2, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
December 25, 2022 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
December 25, 2021 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
July 25, 2009 Created by ImportBot Imported from Library of Congress MARC record