Funerary Practices in England and Wales by Julie Rugg

Funerary Practices in England and Wales by Julie Rugg

This book is an essential reference resource for policy-makers, practitioners and academics with an interest in any aspect of funerary practice in England and Wales.

Rugg, a researcher in social policy and social work at a university in the UK, and Parsons, who works in the UK funeral industry, trains staff, and researches the history of funeral services, describe funerary practices in England and Wales, within the wider legal, national, and local governance frameworkThey detail historical aspects, the demographic framework, the governance and management of cemeteries and crematoria, the funeral directing industry, religious belief and funerary practice, typical funerals, payments, burial, cremation, commemoration, and conservation of burial sites. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *

Julie Rugg is Senior Research Fellow in Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York, UK. She was Advisor to the Environment, Transport and the Regions Select Committee in 2001-2. She is author of Churchyard and Cemetery: Tradition and Modernity in Rural North Yorkshire, and has written papers and book chapters on subjects including the science of grave management, churchyard commemoration, cemeteries and industrial heritage, cemetery conservation, and the dead body.Brian Parsons, PhD, has worked in the funeral industry in London since 1982. He focuses on training staff and also researching the history of funeral service. He is author of The London Way of Death, Committed to the Cleansing Flame: The Development of Cremation in Nineteenth Century England, London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer (with Hugh Meller), The Undertaker at Work: 1900-1950 and The Changing Face of the British Funeral Industry in The Twentieth Century: From Undertaker to Funeral Director.

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ISBN 13	9781787692268
ISBN 10	1787692264
Title	Funerary Practices in England and Wales
Author	Julie Rugg
Series	Funerary International
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Emerald Publishing Limited
Year published	2018-10-30
Number of pages	224
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