{"product_id":"new-jersey-cemeteries-and-tombstones-history-in-the-landscape-paperback-softback-9780813542362","title":"New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones; History in the Landscape (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813542362","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNew Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistory in the Landscape\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard F. Veit (Author), Mark Nonestied (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813542362\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 September 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 120 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eComprehensive in scope and fascinating in detail, this volume will stand as a model of scholarship and will be a treasured reference.\u003c\/div\u003e - Alan Mounier (author of Looking Beneath the Surface: The Story of Archaeology in New Jersey)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis richly illustrated book is essential reading for history buffs and indeed anyone who has ever wandered inquisitively through their local cemeteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Why Study Historic Burial Grounds?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Early American Burial Grounds and Gravemarkers\u003cbr\u003e 3. New Jersey's Colonial Gravemarkers\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Graveyards and Burying Grounds to Cemeteries\u003cbr\u003e 5. Victorian Valhallas: From Markers to Monuments\u003cbr\u003e 6. New Technology, New Tools: The Professionalization of the Monument Industry\u003cbr\u003e 7. New Immigrants, New Traditions\u003cbr\u003e 8. Alternative Gravemarking Traditions\u003cbr\u003e or, When a Gravestone Isn't a Gravestone\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mansions of Immortality: Mausoleums and Columbaria\u003cbr\u003e 10. Modern Marvels: The New Cemetery Aesthetic\u003cbr\u003e 11. New Jersey's Burial Grounds Past and Present\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Burial Grounds Visited\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Gravestone Carvers Active in New Jersey\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rivergate Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559290401048,"sku":"9780813542362","price":20.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/new-jersey-cemeteries-and-tombstones-history-in-the-landscape-paperback-softback-9780813542362","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}