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A brilliant example of public history, Death and Rebirth in a Southern City reveals how cemeteries can frame changes in politics and society across time.

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In 1798 Robert Morris - "financier of the American Revolution", confidante of George Washington, recent US Senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtor's prison and public contempt. Setting Morris' tale in the context of the nation's founding, this title focuses on an essential yet nearly forgotten American figure.

Most Protestant churchgoers would be surprised to learn that at one time features such as crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass were viewed as suspicious, foreign implements associated strictly with the Roman Catholic Church. Blending history with the study of material culture, Smith sheds light on the ironic convergence of anti-Catholicism and the Gothic Revival movement in 19th-century America.