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To Serve the Living : (Record no. 75307)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field EBC3300886
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field MiAaPQ
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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006 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS
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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674054646
Qualifying information (electronic bk.)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780674036215
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC3300886
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (Au-PeEL)EBL3300886
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (CaPaEBR)ebr10447307
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)708568413
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MiAaPQ
Language of cataloging eng
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Transcribing agency MiAaPQ
Modifying agency MiAaPQ
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number GT3203
082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 363.7508996073
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Smith, Suzanne E.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title To Serve the Living :
Remainder of title Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Cambridge :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Harvard University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2010.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2010.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (286 pages)
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Content type code txt
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term computer
Media type code c
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term online resource
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Source rdacarrier
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Prologue: An Undertaker Like Him -- 1. From Hush Harbors to Funeral Parlors -- 2. The Colored Embalmer -- 3. My Man's an Undertaker -- 4. A Funeral Hall Is as Good a Place as Any -- 5. The African American Way of Death -- Epilogue: She Has Gone Home -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In the "hush harbors" of the slave quarters, African Americans first used funerals to bury their dead and to plan a path to freedom. Similarly, throughout the long struggle for racial equality in the 20th century, funeral directors aided the cause by honoring the dead while supporting the living. Here is their story.
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Funeral rites and ceremonies-United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element African Americans-Funeral customs and rites.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element African Americans-Social life and customs.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Undertakers and undertaking-United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element United States-Social life and customs.
655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Smith, Suzanne E.
Title To Serve the Living
Place, publisher, and date of publication Cambridge : Harvard University Press,c2010
International Standard Book Number 9780674036215
797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN)
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ProQuest (Firm)
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300886">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300886</a>
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