A brief history of common burial landscapes prior to the nineteenth century -- Changing attitudes toward nature and death -- The rural cemetery movement -- Physical and design characteristics of rural cemeteries -- Plants in rural cemeteries -- Symbolism in rural cemeteries -- Impact of rural cemeteries on the American landscape and the profession of landscape architecture.
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