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100			_aSmith, Jeremy,
245		0	_aDeath & the Salesmen. _cJeremy Smith.
260			_bEcologist, _c2003.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005. _nArticle 65, _pFamily, _x1522-3213;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500			_aOriginally Published: Death & the Salesmen, Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004; pp. 42-46.
520			_a"Our attitude to death was not always like this. In the past, before the Victorians came over all squeamish, families took care of their own. A woman would learn from her mother how to lay out a body once it had died, and how then to care for it. A father would teach his son how to build a coffin and dig a grave. And all of this was watched and understood by the children, themselves learning from a young age not to fear the bodies of the dead, but simply to see death as an inevitable part of life. Most importantly, all of this took place in the home. Everything was done cheaply, quickly, and locally." (ECOLOGIST) The author evaluates the evolution of the "expensive, polluting, unnatural and booming" funeral industry, considers what our attitudes about death say about our culture and presents some natural funeral alternatives.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aBiodegradation
650			_aBurial
650			_aCremation
650			_aDeath
650			_aEnvironmental degradation
650			_aFuneral rites and ceremonies _xEnvironmental aspects
650			_aUndertakers and undertaking
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005, _pFamily. _x1522-3213;
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