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Item Information   Holdings     Summary       More by this author     Faust, Drew Gilpin.     Subjects     Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Death -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.     Burial -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Burial -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Psychological aspects.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Faust, Drew Gilpin.       by title:      This republic of suf...         MARC Display

This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust. by Faust, Drew Gilpin. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2008. Subjects Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   Death -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.   Burial -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   Burial -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.   United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.   United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Psychological aspects.   United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence. ISBN:  9780375404047 037540404X Description:  346 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  The work of death -- Dying: "to lay down my life" -- Killing: "the harder courage" -- Burying: "new lessons caring fro the dead" -- Naming: "the significant word UNKNOWN" -- Realizing: civilians and the work of mourning -- Believing and doubting: "what means this carnage?" -- Accounting: "our obligations to the dead" -- Numbering: "how many? how many?" -- Epilogue: Surviving. 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   MAIN - WOODBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY Non-fiction 973.71 FAU Checked In Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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