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This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust.

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  • ISBN: 9780375404047
  • ISBN: 037540404X
  • Physical Description: 346 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-322) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: 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.

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Princeton Public Library 973.7 Faust (Text) 38950611461007 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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