 | Mortal Remains: Death in Early America Subjects: Death -- Social aspects -- United States; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States -- History; United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; "These 12 short, highly focused essays analyze how experiences with death and the imagery associated with it influenced US culture before 1860."-- Choice Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein are coholders of the Mary Frances Barnard Chair in Nineteenth-Century American History at the University of Tulsa. Isenberg is the author of Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America, winner of the 1999 SHEAR book prize. Burstein is the author of several books, including America's Jubilee. |
