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'The Evolution of the British Funeral Industry in the 20th Century' examines the shifts that have taken place in the funeral industry since 1900, focusing on the figure of the undertaker and exploring how organisational change and attempts to gain recognition as a professional service provider saw the role morph into that of 'funeral director'. As the disposal of the dead increased in complexity during the twentieth century, the role of the undertaker/funeral director has mirrored this change. Whilst the undertaker of 1900 primarily encoffined and transported the body, today's funeral director provides other services, such as taking responsibility for the body of the deceased and embalming, and has overseen changes such as the increasing preference for cremation, the impact of technology on the production of coffins and the shift to motorised transport. These factors, together with the problem of succession for some family-run funeral businesses, have led large organisations to make acquisitions and manage funerals on a centralised basis, achieving economies of scale. This book examines how the occupation has sought to reposition itself and how the 'funeral director' has become an essential functionary in funerary practices. However, despite striving for new-found status the role is hindered by two key issues: the stigma of handling the dead, and the perception of making a profit from loss.

Undertakers and undertaking --- Funeral directors --- Funeral industry --- Morticians --- Mortuary practice --- Death care industry --- Funeral homes --- History --- Death --- Social Science, Death & Dying. --- Funeral services. --- Social services --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Philosophy

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Drawing upon a rare and highly original ethnography of contemporary mortuary practices, Representations of Death takes the reader through the medical, bureaucratic, commercial and ritual aspects of death Going behind the scenes at hospitals, funeral parlours, crematoria and cemeteries, as well as holding poignant, in-depth interviews with bereaved women, Bradbury has been able to illuminate the very different perspectives of the deathwork professional and the grieving relative. Illustrated with stunning photographs, this fascinating book makes a significant contribution to the growi

Death. --- Undertakers and undertaking. --- Funeral rites and ceremonies. --- Bereavement. --- Loss of loved ones by death --- Consolation --- Death --- Loss (Psychology) --- Funerals --- Mortuary ceremonies --- Obsequies --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Burial --- Cremation --- Cryomation --- Dead --- Mourning customs --- Funeral directors --- Funeral industry --- Morticians --- Mortuary practice --- Death care industry --- Funeral homes --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Philosophy --- Bereavement --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Undertakers and undertaking --- dood --- lichaam --- sociologie (sociologische aspecten) --- mort --- corps --- sociologie (aspects sociologiques)

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This unique reference provides a primary source for osteologists and the medical/legal commumity for the understanding of burned bone remains in forensic or archaeological contexts. It describes in detail the changes in human bone and soft tissues as a body burns at both the chemical and gross levels and provides an overview of the current procedures in burned bone study. Case studies in forensic and archaeological settings aid those interested in the analysis of burned human bodies, from death scene investigators, to biological anthropologists looking at the recent or ancient dead.* I

Forensic anthropology. --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Burns and scalds --- Research. --- Forensic anthropology --- Anthropologie légale --- Brûlures --- Sépulture --- Pathologie médico-légale --- Anthropologie légale --- Brûlures --- Forensic pathology --- Burial --- Diagnosis, Laboratory --- Sépulture --- Diagnostics biologiques --- Restes humains (Archéologie) --- Methodology --- Pathophysiology --- Méthodologie --- Physiopathologie --- Forensic Anthropology. --- Anthropology, Forensic --- Human Identification --- Human Identifications --- Identification, Human --- Identifications, Human --- Body Remains --- Exhumation --- Biometric Identification --- Bioarchaeology --- Skeletal remains (Archaeology) --- Human skeleton --- Primate remains (Archaeology) --- Medicolegal anthropology --- Forensic sciences --- Physical anthropology --- Human remains (Archaeology). --- Forensic Pathology --- Burns --- Clinical Laboratory Techniques. --- Mortuary Practice. --- Methods. --- Pathology. --- Anthropology --- Cremation. --- Gerichtliche Anthropologie. --- Gerichtliche Chemie. --- Kremering. --- Leichenbrand. --- Osteologi. --- Rättsmedicin.

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Thanatology --- Death --- Bereavement --- Undertakers and undertaking --- Attitude to Death --- Mortuary Practice --- Mortality. --- Vital Statistics. --- Attitude to Death. --- Death. --- Bereavement. --- Thanatology. --- Undertakers and undertaking. --- Loss of loved ones by death --- Registration of Vital Statistics --- Registration, Vital Statistics --- Statistics, Vital --- Vital Statistics Registration --- Registrations, Vital Statistics --- Vital Statistics Registrations --- Age Specific Death Rate --- Age-Specific Death Rate --- Case Fatality Rate --- Decline, Mortality --- Determinants, Mortality --- Differential Mortality --- Excess Mortality --- Mortality Decline --- Mortality Determinants --- Mortality Rate --- Mortality, Differential --- Mortality, Excess --- Death Rate --- Age-Specific Death Rates --- Case Fatality Rates --- Death Rate, Age-Specific --- Death Rates --- Death Rates, Age-Specific --- Declines, Mortality --- Determinant, Mortality --- Differential Mortalities --- Excess Mortalities --- Mortalities --- Mortalities, Differential --- Mortalities, Excess --- Mortality Declines --- Mortality Determinant --- Mortality Rates --- Rate, Age-Specific Death --- Rate, Case Fatality --- Rate, Death --- Rate, Mortality --- Rates, Age-Specific Death --- Rates, Case Fatality --- Rates, Death --- Rates, Mortality --- Disease --- Funeral directors --- Funeral industry --- Morticians --- Mortuary practice --- Dying --- End of life --- Death studies --- Cardiac Death --- Determination of Death --- Near-Death Experience --- Death, Cardiac --- Attitudes to Death --- Death, Attitude to --- Death, Attitudes to --- mortality --- Philosophy --- Study and teaching --- Mortality --- Vital Statistics --- Consolation --- Loss (Psychology) --- Fatal Outcome --- Death care industry --- Funeral homes --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- CFR Case Fatality Rate --- Crude Death Rate --- Crude Mortality Rate --- Crude Death Rates --- Crude Mortality Rates --- Death Rate, Crude --- Mortality Rate, Crude --- Rate, Crude Death --- Rate, Crude Mortality --- End Of Life --- End-Of-Life --- Vital statistics. --- Mort --- Deuil --- Mortalité. --- Statistiques de l'état civil. --- Mort. --- mortality. --- deaths. --- Psychological aspects. --- Aspect psychologique. --- Vital event statistics --- Vital rates --- Statistics --- Demography --- Population --- Registers of births, etc. --- Sex --- Mortality, Law of --- Death (Biology) --- Psychology --- Causes