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Modern mummies : the preservation of the human body in the twentieth century / by Christine Quigley.

Title: Modern mummies : the preservation of the human body in the twentieth century / by Christine Quigley.
Author: Quigley, Christine, 1963-
Publication: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1998.

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vii, 263 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-258) and index.

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committed to retain

Contents

1. What Has Been, May Be, Can Be, and Will Be Done: The History, Law, and Science of Modern Mummification -- 2. Lying in State: Icons, Idols, and Eccentrics -- 3. Occupational Hazards: Outlaws, Victims, and Local Folks -- 4. Learning About Life and Death: Teaching Aids, Test Subjects, and Teratology Specimens -- 5. Buying Immortality: Emulations, Innovations, and Applications -- 6. Accidents of Nature: Adventurers, Explorers, and a Spelunker -- 7. Acts of Faith: Servants, Patriarchs, and Believers -- 8. Mummy Miscellany: Eviction, Collection, and Neglect -- 9. Conclusion.

ISBN

0786404922 (casebound : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97043888^

OCLC

38014108

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Harvard Library