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Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery

Author : Ren Davis,Helen Davis
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820343136

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Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery by Ren Davis,Helen Davis Pdf

Through engaging narrative, rich photography, archival images and detailed maps, a versatile guide to Atlanta's oldest public cemetery is a great way to tour the cemetery's landscape of remembrance, as well as a unique way to explore Atlanta's history. Original.

American Afterlife

Author : Kate Sweeney
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780820346892

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American Afterlife by Kate Sweeney Pdf

An award-winning writer explores the patchwork American cultural history of grieving the departed. One family inters their matriarch’s ashes on the floor of the ocean. Another holds a memorial weenie roast each year at a green-burial cemetery. An 1898 ad for embalming fluid promises, “You can make mummies with it!” while a leading contemporary burial vault is touted as impervious to the elements. A grieving mother, 150 years ago, might spend her days tending a garden at her daughter’s grave. Today, she might tend the roadside memorial she erected where her daughter was killed. One mother wears a locket containing her daughter’s hair; the other, a necklace containing her ashes. What happens after someone dies depends on our personal stories and on where those stories fall in a larger tale―that of death in America. It’s a powerful tale that we usually keep hidden from our everyday lives until we have to face it. American Afterlife by Kate Sweeney reveals this world through a collective portrait of Americans past and present who are personally involved with death: obit writers in the desert, an Atlantic funeral voyage, a fourth-generation funeral director―even a midwestern museum that shows us our death-obsessed Victorian progenitors. Each story illuminates details in another, revealing a landscape that feels at once strange and familiar, one that’s by turns odd, tragic, poignant, and sometimes even funny. “Sweeney’s quest for the “why” behind mourning rituals has given us a book in the best tradition of narrative journalism.”—Jessica Handler, author of Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing about Grief and Loss

Historic Oakland Cemetery of Atlanta

Author : Cathy J. Kaemmerlen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625844200

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Historic Oakland Cemetery of Atlanta by Cathy J. Kaemmerlen Pdf

Approximately seventy thousand souls lay in rest at historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. They are the silent witnesses of what has gone on before. Their stones carry their stories and the history of Atlanta. Cathy Kaemmerlen, renowned storyteller and Georgia author, explores the tales behind many of the cemetery's notable figures, including: • Margaret Mitchell, of Gone with the Wind fame • Bobby Jones, 1930 winner of all four major golf championships • The Rich brothers, founders of Rich's Department Store • Joseph Jacobs, in whose pharmacy the first Coca-Cola was served

Archaeology of Urban America

Author : Roy S. Dickens
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483299334

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Archaeology of Urban America by Roy S. Dickens Pdf

Archaeology of Urban America: The Search for Pattern and Process is composed of three parts, namely, Strategies and Methods; Site Formation, Structure, and Pattern; and Artifact Analysis and Interpretation. The Strategies and Methods section centers on the general questions asked by urban archaeologists, as well as on the ways they design their research to elucidate those questions. The Site Formation, Structure, and Pattern section is generally comprised of chapters classified as ""test cases"" emphasizing the approaches, interpretation, and even direct extension of larger research designs. Lastly, the Artifact Analysis and Interpretation section deals with intersite and intrasite patterning of artifact assemblages, as well as with specific class of artifacts. This material will help stimulate a dialogue among archaeologists who have chosen the American city as their subject. This book will also be useful to urban sociologists, economists, cultural anthropologists, and historians.

Atlanta and Environs

Author : Franklin M. Garrett
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820339030

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Atlanta and Environs by Franklin M. Garrett Pdf

"Atlanta and Environs" is, in every way, an exhaustive history of the Atlanta Area from the time of its settlement in the 1820s through the 1970s. Volumes I and II, together more than two thousand pages in length, represent a quarter century of research by their author, Franklin M. Garrett--a man called "a walking encyclopedia on Atlanta history" by the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution." With the publication of Volume III, by Harold H. Martin, this chronicle of the South's most vibrant city incorporates the spectacular growth and enterprise that have characterized Atlanta in recent decades. The work is arranged chronologically, with a section devoted to each decade, a chapter to each year. Volume I covers the history of Atlanta and its people up to 1880--ranging from the city's founding as "Terminus" through its Civil War destruction and subsequent phoenixlike rebirth. Volume II details Atlanta's development from 1880 through the 1930s--including occurrences of such diversity as the development of the Coca-Cola Company and the Atlanta premiere of Gone with the Wind. Taking up the city's fortunes in the 1940s, Volume III spans the years of Atlanta's greatest growth. Tracing the rise of new building on the downtown skyline and the construction of Hartsfield International Airport on the city's perimeter, covering the politics at City Hall and the box scores of Atlanta's new baseball team, recounting the changing terms of race relations and the city's growing support of the arts, the last volume of "Atlanta and Environs" documents the maturation of the South's preeminent city.

Past Meets Present

Author : John H. Jameson,Sherene Baugher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387482163

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Past Meets Present by John H. Jameson,Sherene Baugher Pdf

The last decade has witnessed increased interest in establishing partnerships between professional practitioners in public interpretation and educational institutions to excavate and preserve the past. These developments have occurred amidst a realization that community-based partnerships are the most effective mechanism for long-term success. With international contributions, this volume addresses these latest trends and provides case studies of successful partnerships.

Inscriptions

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Cemeteries
ISBN : WISC:89102183704

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School Library Media Quarterly

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Instructional materials centers
ISBN : UOM:39015036858937

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Atlanta and Savannah

Author : Insight Guides,Martha Ellen Zenfell
Publisher : Langenscheidt Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0887296084

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Atlanta and Savannah by Insight Guides,Martha Ellen Zenfell Pdf

A travel series unlike any other, Insight Guides go beyond the sights and into reality. Their incomparable photojournalistic approach captures the uniqueness of each culture they cover: their traditions, their arts, their history, their lives. The stunning photography is married to compelling text, written by local writers; the people most qualified to convey their culture's secrets.Yes, Insight Guides will tell you which attractions to visit, but they'll also tell you a whole lot more. From the most popular resort cities to the world's most remote and exotic villages, Insight Guides will give you the insider's perspective you need to truly experience any destination you visit.Insight Guides serve many purposes. They are ideal for planning a trip. And, they're wonderful souvenirs to treasure for years after. Even the armchair traveler can be swept away by their magnificent content and experience the world from the comfort of home.Many international and domestic and domestic destinations also offer companion FlexiMaps, an innovative laminated folding map specially designed for the discriminating traveler.

America, History and Life

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Canada
ISBN : UVA:X030526359

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The American Resting Place

Author : Marilyn Yalom
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780547345437

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The American Resting Place by Marilyn Yalom Pdf

An illustrated cultural history of America through the lens of its gravestones and burial practices—featuring eighty black-and-white photographs. In The American Resting Place, cultural historian Marilyn Yalom and her son, photographer Reid Yalom, visit more than 250 cemeteries across the United States. Following a coast-to-coast trajectory that mirrors the historical pattern of American migration, their destinations highlight America’s cultural and ethnic diversity as well as the evolution of burials rites over the centuries. Yalom’s incisive reading of gravestone inscriptions reveals changing ideas about death and personal identity, as well as how class and gender play out in stone. Rich particulars include the story of one seventeenth-century Bostonian who amassed a thousand pairs of gloves in his funeral-going lifetime, the unique burial rites and funerary symbols found in today’s Native American cultures, and a “lost” Czech community brought uncannily to life in Chicago’s Bohemian National Columbarium. From fascinating past to startling future—DVDs embedded in tombstones, “green” burials, and “the new aesthetic of death”—The American Resting Place is the definitive history of the American cemetery.

Green-Wood Cemetery

Author : Alexandra Kathryn Mosca
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738556505

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Green-Wood Cemetery by Alexandra Kathryn Mosca Pdf

For generations, Green-Wood Cemetery has played an integral part in New York City's cultural history, serving as a gathering place and a cultural repository. Situated in the historic borough of Brooklyn, the thousands of graves and mausoleums within the cemetery's 478 acres are tangible links and reminders to key events and people who made New York City and America what it is today. The monuments read like a who's who of American greatness and include the names of Leonard Bernstein, F. A. O. Schwarz, Charles L. Tiffany, Samuel Morse, and DeWitt Clinton, among others. A national historic landmark since 2006, Green-Wood is considered one of the preeminent cemeteries in the country and is a living display of the evolving funeral traditions of the city and America as a whole. The cemetery was and remains one of the city's largest open green spaces and a century ago was a social venue for picnics, outings, and political events. Through vintage photographs, Green-Wood Cemetery chronicles the cemetery's rich history and documents how its tradition as a park and a popular tourist attraction continues, drawing 300,000 visitors annually.

Renovate

Author : Léonce B. Crump, Jr.
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601425553

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Renovate by Léonce B. Crump, Jr. Pdf

An Atlanta pastor describes how individuals and churches can become agents for spiritual and cultural renewal in urban contexts. God is not wiping this world away. He is in the midst of renovating it. Léonce Crump, lead pastor of Renovation Church in the urban core of Atlanta, invites you to do what God did when He wanted to make a difference in this world—move in. Whether you’re a pastor looking to plant a church, a missionary preparing to serve in a far-off land, a family preparing to move into a new community, or a follower of Jesus simply looking to engage more deeply in your current neighborhood, Léonce reveals how our agendas can often sabotage achieving real change in our world. Léonce takes you on a journey to understand what he calls “the ministry of presence” which he himself learned the hard way after planting a church in one of the most violent areas of Atlanta. Léonce and his family found that, before we can preach or reach others, we must first know the story of a place and its people—especially since skin color, cultural norms, and economic status often isolate us more than bringing us together.