The American Way of Death Revisited

Name: The American Way of Death Revisited
Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SKU: 9780679771869-V
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By Jessica Mitford

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Only the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an exposé of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly serious and side-splittingly funny. When first published in 1963, this landmark of investigative journalism became a runaway bestseller and resulted in legislation to protect grieving families from the unscrupulous sales practices of those in "the dismal trade." Just before her death in 1996, Mitford thoroughly revised and updated her classic study. The American Way of Death Revisited confronts new trends, including the success of the profession's lobbyists in Washington, inflated cremation costs, the telemarketing of pay-in-advance graves, and the effects of monopolies in a death-care industry now dominated by multinational corporations. With its hard-nosed consumer activism and a satiric vision out of Evelyn Waugh's novel The Loved One, The American Way of Death Revisited will not fail to inform, delight, and disturb. "Brilliant--hilarious. . . . A must-read for anyone planning to throw a funeral in their lifetime."--New York Post "Witty and penetrating--it speaks the truth."--The Washington Post

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 320
Release Date:: 2000-01-04
Publication Date:: 2000-01-04
Publisher:: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0679771867
ISBN13:: 9780679771869
Weight:: 231 g
Height:: 131 cm
Width:: 204 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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