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Coffin hardware in nineteenth-century America

Title
Coffin hardware in nineteenth-century America / Megan E. Springate.
Author
Springate, Megan E.
Publication
  • Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Description
116 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Guides to historical artifacts ; volume 5
Uniform Title
Guides to historical artifacts ; v. 5.
Subject
  • 1800 - 1899
  • Coffins > United States > History > 19th century
  • Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States > History > 19th century
  • Coffins
  • Funeral rites and ceremonies
  • Manners and customs
  • United States > Social life and customs > 19th century
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-110) and index.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Typology -- Chapter 3: Children's hardware -- Chapter 4: Coffins as artifacts -- Chapter 5: Safety and security coffins -- Chapter 6: Antecedents -- Chapter 7: Birth of the domestic industry -- Chapter 8: Motifs -- Chapter 9: Social factors -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Appendix: Catalogs in public repositories.
ISBN
  • 9781598741346
  • 1598741349
  • 9781598741353
  • 1598741357
  • 9781629580524 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014033114
OCLC
  • ocn880567112
  • SCSB-1807174
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library