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This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War

Title
This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust.
Author
Faust, Drew Gilpin.
Publication
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

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Description
xviii, 346 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
An illuminating study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and practicalities of death in the face of the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War. During the war, approximately 620,000 soldiers lost their lives. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. This book explores the impact of this enormous death toll from every angle: material, political, intellectual, and spiritual. Historian Faust delineates the ways death changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation and its understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. She describes how survivors mourned and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the slaughter with its belief in a benevolent God, and reconceived its understanding of life after death.--From publisher description.
Subject
  • Death > Social aspects > History > United States > 19th century
  • Death > United States > Psychological aspects > History > 19th century
  • Burial > Social aspects > History > United States > 19th century
  • Burial > United States > Psychological aspects > History > 19th century
  • United States > History > Social aspects. > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States > History > Psychological aspects. > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States > History > Influence. > Civil War, 1861-1865
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-322) and index.
Call Number
Sc E 08-195
ISBN
  • 9780375404047
  • 037540404X
LCCN
2007014658
OCLC
123232283
Author
Faust, Drew Gilpin.
Title
This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust.
Imprint
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-322) and index.
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