New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones

History in the Landscape

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

From the earliest memorials used by Native Americans to the elaborate structures of the present day, Richard Veit and Mark Nonestied use grave markers to take an off-beat look at New Jersey’s history that is both fascinating and unique.New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones presents a culturally diverse account of New Jersey’s historic burial places from High Point to Cape May and from the banks of the Delaware to the ocean-washed Shore, to explain what cemeteries tell us about people and the communities in which they lived. The evidence ranges from somber seventeenth-century decorations such as hourglasses and skulls that denoted the brevity of colonial life, to modern times where memorials, such as a life-size granite Mercedes Benz, reflect the materialism of the new millennium. Also considered are contemporary novelties such as pet cemeteries and what they reveal about today’s culture. To tell their story the authors visited more than 1,000 burial grounds and interviewed numerous monument dealers and cemetarians.This richly illustrated book is essential reading for history buffs and indeed anyone who has ever wandered inquisitively through their local cemeteries.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-09-17
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:481 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Rutgers University Press
ISBN:9780813542362

Utforska kategorier

Lokalhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

RICHARD VEIT is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University. He is the author of Digging New Jersey's Past: Historical Archaeology in the Garden State, winner of the 2003 New Jersey Historic Preservation Award.MARK NONESTIED has been a staff member of the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission since 1991. He currently serves as the Director of Exhibits and Programs at a historic site in Piscataway.

Recensioner i media

Comprehensive in scope and fascinating in detail, this volume will stand as a model of scholarship and will be a treasured reference. - Alan Mounier (author of Looking Beneath the Surface: The Story of Archaeology in New Jersey)

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Why Study Historic Burial Grounds?2. Early American Burial Grounds and Gravemarkers3. New Jersey's Colonial Gravemarkers4. From Graveyards and Burying Grounds to Cemeteries5. Victorian Valhallas: From Markers to Monuments6. New Technology, New Tools: The Professionalization of the Monument Industry7. New Immigrants, New Traditions8. Alternative Gravemarking Traditions; or, When a Gravestone Isn't a Gravestone9. Mansions of Immortality: Mausoleums and Columbaria10. Modern Marvels: The New Cemetery Aesthetic11. New Jersey's Burial Grounds Past and PresentAppendix A: Burial Grounds VisitedAppendix B: Gravestone Carvers Active in New JerseyBibliographyIndex