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Author Jupp, Peter C.

Title From dust to ashes : cremation and the British way of death / Peter C. Jupp.

Imprint Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  393.20942 J972f 2006    ---  Available
Description xviii, 232 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-223) and index.
Contents How the church lost its monopoly of burial, 1820-1852 -- Cremation legalised, 1852-1884 -- The early years of cremation, 1884-1914 -- The development of cremation, 1914-1939 -- The advance of cremation: wartime and reconstruction, 1939-1952 -- The popularisation of cremation in England, 1952-2000.
Subject Cremation -- Great Britain -- History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Great Britain -- History.
ISBN 0333692985
9780333692981
Standard No. IG# 0333692985
YDXCP 100297262
NZ1 9865133

 
    
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