The American way of death revisited

Description:

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.

subjects: Economic aspects,  Economic aspects of Funeral rites and ceremonies,  Funeral rites and ceremonies,  Undertakers and undertaking,  United states, social life and customs,  Death, moral and ethical aspects,  New York Times reviewed,  Funeral Rites,  Attitude to Death,  Mortuary Practice

People: Jessica Mitford (1917-1996),  Jessica Mitford (1917-)

Places: United States