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Faust, Drew Gilpin.
This republic of suffering :
death and the American Civil War /
Drew Gilpin Faust.
1st ed.
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2008.
xviii, 346 p. :
ill. ;
25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-322) and index.
The 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.
20200308.
CDPC522.
Boston Authors Club.
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.