This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust.
This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust.
By
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Faust, Drew Gilpin.
Publication Date
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2008-2009
Publication Information
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New York : Vintage Civil War Library/Vintage Books,
Edition
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1st Vintage Civil War Library ed.
Physical Description
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346 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Death -- Social aspects -- United States.
Geographic Term
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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.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-322) and index.
Summary
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More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. In This Republic of Suffering, Drew Gilpin Faust describes how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage with its belief in a benevolent God. Throughout, the voices of soldiers and their families, of statesmen, generals, preachers, poets, surgeons, nurses, northerners and southerners come together to give us a vivid understanding of the Civil War's most fundamental and widely shared reality.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780375703836
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Lourdes (WLR) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 973.71 F27 | Checked In |