Michael,
      Here is a bibliography that may be helpful.
 
 Jackson, Kenneth T. and Camilos Jose Vegara. SILENT CITIES: THE EVOLUTION OF
THE AMERICAN CEMETERY (NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 1989).
   Jackson, Charles O. (editor). PASSING: THE VISION OF DEATH IN AMERICA
(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977). This book has Deetz's article on death
heads and cherubs; as well as selected articles on death rituals in colonial
New York, and patterns of late 19th century funerals.
 
   Coffin, Margaret M. DEATH IN EARLY AMERICA: THE HISTORY AND FOLKLORE OF
CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS OF EARLY MEDICINE, FUNERALS, BURIALS, AND MOURNING
(Nashville: Nelson, 1976).
 
   Sloane, David C. THE LAST GREAT NECESSITY: CEMETERIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1991).
 
   Harrah, Barbara K., and David F. Harrah. FUNERAL SERVICE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
LITERATURE ON ITS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, THE VARIOUS MEANS OF DISPOSITION,
AND MEMORIALIZATION (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976).
 
   Bowman, Le Roy Edward. THE AMERICAN FUNERAL: A STUDY IN GUILT,
EXTRAVAGANCE, AND SUBLIMITY (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1973).
 
   Mitford, Jessica. THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1963).
 
        I have four more references that I'll send along later.
 
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