
Unclaimed,The
Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
Random House Inc (Publisher)
Published on 12. March 2024
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-593-23905-6 (ISBN)
Description
"For centuries, people who died destitute or alone were buried in potters' fields--a Dickensian end that even the most hard-pressed families tried to avoid. Today, more and more relatives are abandoning their dead, leaving it to local governments to dispose of the bodies. Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being forgotten? ... In this ... work of narrative nonfiction, eight years in the making, sociologists Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans uncover a hidden social world. They follow four individuals in Los Angeles, tracing the twisting, poignant paths that put each at risk of going unclaimed, and introducing us to the scene investigators, notification officers, and crematorium workers who care for them when no one else will"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-593-23905-6 (9780593239056)
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E-Book
03/2024
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€14.99
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Persons
Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans