Death, dissection, and the destitute /

Richardson, Ruth.

Death, dissection, and the destitute / Ruth Richardson. - 2nd ed. with a new afterword - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001. - xvii, 453 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Originally published: London ; New York : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [378]-407) and index.

0226712397 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226712400 (pbk. : alk. paper)

00062029


Funeral rites and ceremonies--Great Britain.
Body snatching--Great Britain.
Science
Human dissection--Great Britain.
Dead bodies (Law)--Great Britain.


Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.

GT3243 / .R53 2001

393/.0941