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100 1 $aFaust, Drew Gilpin.
245 10 $aThis republic of suffering :$bdeath and the American Civil War /$cDrew Gilpin Faust.
250 $a1st Vintage Civil War library ed.
260 $aNew York :$bVintage Books,$c2009.
300 $axviii, 346 p. :$bill., ports. ;$c21 cm.
490 1 $aVintage Civil War library
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe work of death -- Dying: to lay down my life -- Killing: the harder courage -- Burying: new lessons caring for 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.
520 $aA 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.
586 $aNational Book Award finalist.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xSocial aspects.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xPsychological aspects.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xInfluence.
650 0 $aDeath$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aDeath$zUnited States$xPsychological aspects$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aBurial$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aBurial$zUnited States$xPsychological aspects$xHistory$y19th century.
650 07 $aSezessionskrieg (1861-1865)$2swd
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830 0 $aVintage Civil War library.
988 $a20121003
906 $0OCLC