Committed to the cleansing flame: the development of cremation in nineteenth-century england
Auteur :
Grey, Rt Hon Earl
ISBN :
9781904965046
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2005
Dimensions :
25,4 x 18,7 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Overcrowded churchyards, shortage of land and rapidly increasing population how could the late Victorians dispose of their dead? Cremation was the only answer. But today, with over two-thirds of all deaths being followed by cremation, it is hard to appreciate the massive struggles faced by the Cremation Society after its foundation in 1874.