Name: The American Way of Death Revisited
ISBN: 9780679771869

Jessica Mitford

A revised version of an expose of the funeral industry includes new chapters on the practice of prepayment for funerals and other issues

The American Way of Death Revisited

If pressed to choose a work of contemporary civics which every American should be obligated to read, this would have to be near the top of the list. A ruthless exposé of the manner in which our society (as contrasted with others) works, and maybe the best and most illuminating piece of popular anthropology ever written about capitalism. 

The American Way of Death Revisited

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