London: City of the Dead 0750946334, 9780750946339

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London: City of the Dead
 0750946334, 9780750946339

Table of contents :
Introduction
1. 'A Good Send-Off'
2. Resurrectionists and Bodysnatchers
3. Controversies
4. Bizarre Deaths
5. Churchyards and Other Burial Places
6. Death and the Afterlife in the Arts
7. Irrational Aspects
8. Death and Disaster
9. Pestilence and Public Health
10. Commemoration and Memory
11. Curious Memorials and Monuments
12. People and their Pains
13. Chronicling Death
Bibliography

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