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1. From Hush Harbors to Funeral Parlors

  • Suzanne E. Smith
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To Serve the Living
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© 2017 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2017 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Abbreviations x
  4. Prologue: An Undertaker Like Him 1
  5. 1. From Hush Harbors to Funeral Parlors 15
  6. 2. The Colored Embalmer 46
  7. 3. My Man’s an Undertaker 79
  8. 4. A Funeral Hall Is as Good a Place as Any 112
  9. 5. The African American Way of Death 156
  10. Epilogue: She Has Gone Home 194
  11. Notes 211
  12. Acknowledgments 245
  13. Index 251
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674054646-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Abbreviations x
  4. Prologue: An Undertaker Like Him 1
  5. 1. From Hush Harbors to Funeral Parlors 15
  6. 2. The Colored Embalmer 46
  7. 3. My Man’s an Undertaker 79
  8. 4. A Funeral Hall Is as Good a Place as Any 112
  9. 5. The African American Way of Death 156
  10. Epilogue: She Has Gone Home 194
  11. Notes 211
  12. Acknowledgments 245
  13. Index 251
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