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Silent Cities: the Evolution of the American Cemetery (Paperback)

by Kenneth Jackson (Author), Camilo Jose Vergara (Photographer)

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As telling about a society as skyscrapers and domestic architecture, yet rarely as discussed, are cemeteries, the architecture for the dead. Cemeteries not only reflect religious and cultural attitudes toward death, they also strikingly mirror the social structures of the living. This paperback volume examines, in text and color photos by acclaimed photographer Camilo José Vergara, the development of the American cemetery. Over 300 cemeteries are documented, including country and church graveyards, ethnic cemeteries, potter's fields, the famous Père-Lachaise in Paris, and Arlington National in Washington. Silent Cities offers a compelling examination of an often overlooked facet of architecture.

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Paperback: 129 pages
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (January 1, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0910413223
ISBN-13: 978-0910413220
Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.7 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

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16 books cite this book:

How the Other Half Worships by Camilo Jose Vergara in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die by Katherine Ashenburg on page 150, and Back Matter
Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial by Penny Colman in Back Matter
Sites of Southern Memory: The Autobiographies of Katharine Dupre Lumpkin, Lillian Smith, and Pauli m Urray by Darlene O'Dell in Back Matter
Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries by Matt Hucke in Back Matter

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