This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War
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Author
Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st Vintage Civil War library ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 346 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2009.
Edition
1st Vintage Civil War library ed.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
A study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and practicalities of death in the face of the 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 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.
Awards
National Book Award finalist.
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LC Subjects
Burial -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Burial -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Death -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Psychological aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Burial -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Death -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Psychological aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.