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Encyclopedia of Cremation

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Encyclopedia of Cremation book

Encyclopedia of Cremation

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Encyclopedia of Cremation book

ByLewis H. Mates
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2005
eBook Published 29 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315579504
Pages 516 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315579504
SubjectsHumanities, Social Sciences
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Davies, D. (Ed.), Mates, L. (2005). Encyclopedia of Cremation. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315579504

The Encyclopedia of Cremation is the first major reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting cremation as a universal practice. Tracing ancient and classical cremation sites, historical and contemporary cremation processes and procedures of both scientific and legal kind, the encyclopedia also includes sections on specific cremation rituals, architecture, art and text. Features in the volume include: a general introduction and editorial introductions to sub-sections by Douglas Davies, an international specialist in death studies; appendices of world cremation statistics and a chronology of cremation; cross-referencing pathways through the entries via the index; individual entry bibliographies; and illustrations. This major international reference work is also an essential source book for students on the growing number of death-studies courses and wider studies in religion, anthropology or sociology.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |430 pages

A–Z Entries

chapter |26 pages

Cremation Statistics

chapter |17 pages

A Chronology of Cremation

chapter |1 pages

Cremation Society Archive Sources

chapter |3 pages

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