Dust to Dust : : A History of Jewish Death and Burial in New York / / Allan Amanik.
A revealing look at how death and burial practices influence the livingDust to Dust offers a three-hundred-year history of Jewish life in New York, literally from the ground up. Taking Jewish cemeteries as its subject matter, it follows the ways that Jewish New Yorkers have planned for death and bur...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Deeds
- 1 Toward a Market and Family Alliance Community, Kin, and Social Control in New York’s Early Jewish Graveyards, 1656– 1830
- 2 Acts of True Kindness To Tend the Dead, to Foster Fraternalism, 1785– 1850
- 3 “Carry Me to the Burying Place of My Fathers” Rural Cemeteries, Family Lots, and a New Jewish Social Order, 1849– 80
- 4 Wives and Workingmen: Protecting Widows and Orphans, Affirming Husbands and Fathers, 1840– 1940
- 5 “Fine Funeral Service at Moderate Costs” New York’s Jewish Funeral Industry, 1890– 1965
- Conclusion: To Be Buried among Kin, To Be Buried among Jews
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author