Churchyard and cemetery : tradition and modernity in rural North Yorkshire / Julie Rugg.
Churchyard and cemetery : tradition and modernity in rural North Yorkshire / Julie Rugg.
Churchyard and cemetery : tradition and modernity in rural North Yorkshire / Julie Rugg.
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Manchester New York Manchester University Press distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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G 2014/1520
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English
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Physical content
xv, 427 p. : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.S̀o precisely the invention of a critical period': theorising cemeteries -- pt. 1 The churchyard in the cemetery, 1850--1894 -- 2.Burial in 1850: national and local contexts -- 3.D̀r Hoffman was good enough to consult me'; churchyard closures -- 4.À very modern ac...
Contents note continued: 10.Ùnobservable or inconspicuous to the casual visitor'?: the changing churchyard landscape -- Conclusion -- 11.T̀horoughly untidy': changing burial culture, 1850--2007.
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Publisher
Manchester New York Manchester University Press distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2013.
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Summary
Julie Rugg explores the turbulent social history of churchyards and cemeteries over the last 150 years. Using sites from across rural North Yorkshire, the text examines the workings of the Burial Acts and discloses the ways in which religious politics framed burial management. It presents an alternative history of burial which questions notions of...
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Churchyard and cemetery : tradition and modernity in rural North Yorkshire / Julie Rugg.
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Tradition and modernity in rural North Yorkshire.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-416) and index.
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©2013.
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G 2014/1520
Record Identifier
74VKvwDeL3Og
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvwDeL3Og
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ISBN
0719089204
9780719089206
DDC
393.1094284
MMS ID
991021407379702626
