The Dark Arts: An Introduction

A Seismic Shift: Lincoln and the New Sanitary Science

The Book of the Dead

Lethal Combat and Other Roman Obsequies

The Bloody Barber-Surgeons: Embalming Emerges from the Dark Ages

Mourning Gloves and Liquor: Early American Burial Practices

Embalming Surgeons

Gone to Their Sleep: Victorian Sensibilities

Resurrectionists: Advent of the Burial Vault

Vessels of the Dead: Coffins, Caskets, and the Hysteria Surrounding Grave Alarms

The Temple of Honor: Vehicles of the Dead

Mourning the Great War

Flame Burial

Mushroom Suits and the Future [of Funeral Service]