Description: Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent by Kristine M. McCusker Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description As the twentieth century began, Black and white southerners alike dealt with low life expectancy and poor healthcare in a region synonymous with early death. But the modernization of death care by a diverse group of actors changed not only death rituals but fundamental ideas about health and wellness. Kristine McCusker charts the dramatic transformation that took place when southerners in particular and Americans in general changed their thinking about when one should die, how that death could occur, and what decent burial really means. As she shows, death care evolved from being a community act to a commercial one where purchasing a purple coffin and hearse ride to the cemetery became a political statement and the norm. That evolution also required interactions between perfect strangers, especially during the world wars as families searched for their missing soldiers. In either case, being put away decent, as southerners called burial, came to mean something fundamentally different in 1955 than it had just fifty years earlier. Author Biography Kristine McCusker is a professor of history, folklore, and ethnomusicology at Middle Tennessee State University. She is the author of Lonesome Cowgirls and Honky-Tonk Angels: The Women of Barn Dance Radio. Details ISBN 0252045084 ISBN-13 9780252045080 Title Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent Author Kristine M. McCusker Format Hardcover Year 2023 Pages 318 Publisher University of Illinois Press GE_Item_ID:161657014; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780252045080
Book Title: Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent : Death Care, Life Extension, and the Making of a Healthier South, 1900-1955
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Death & Dying, Sociology / General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Customs & Traditions
Item Height: 1.3 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Kristine M. Mccusker
Item Length: 9.4 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Hardcover
