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Tod ist ihr Geschäft : Die Ökonomisierung der Beerdigungspraxis im viktorianischen London
Journal
Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISSN
0340-8728
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2015-10-01
Author(s)
Bähr, Matthias
Abstract (De)
In this article, we use the company history of London's Brompton Cemetery to show how burial practices and, more generally, the handling of dead bodies changed during the nineteenth century. We argue that new strategies of dealing with the dead emerged which, in the long run, replaced established patterns: by the mid-19th century burial places were managed according to prevailing notions of efficiency, elaborate marketing schemes were implemented, and administrators used an increasingly economic rationale. To take these developments into account, we suggest the term "economization". In more general terms, we highlight that cemeteries such as Brompton can serve as an indicator of how entrepreneurial action permeated into new strata of British society.
Language
German
Keywords
London
Bestattungspraxis
Stadtgeschichte
Religion
Unternehmensgeschichte
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Steiner
Publisher place
Stuttgart
Volume
102
Number
4
Start page
421
End page
436
Pages
16
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
245512