To serve the living : funeral directors and the African American way of death / Suzanne E. Smith.

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 9780674036215 (alk. paper)
• Title: To serve the living : funeral directors and the African American way of death / Suzanne E. Smith.
• Author Heading: Smith, Suzanne E., 1964-
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2010.
• Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2010
• Extent: 257 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
• Place of Publication (Country Code): US
• Text Language Code: eng
• Subject Heading: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States.; African Americans -- Funeral customs and rites.; African Americans -- Social life and customs.; Undertakers and undertaking -- United States.; United States -- Social life and customs.
• LCC: GT3203
• DDC: 363.7/508996073
• NDLC: EF35
• Note (Bibliography): Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Holding library: 国立国会図書館
• Call No.: EF35-B16
• Data Provider (Database): 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書; https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp
• Bibliographic ID (NDL): 000011235326; http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/000011235326
• LC Control Number: 2009035231; https://lccn.loc.gov/2009035231
• OCLC No.: 319493422; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319493422
• Cataloging Rule: Anglo-American Cataloging Rules
• Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211

• Summary, etc.: "From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or "home-going" ceremonies with di...