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008			080524s2008 nyuac b 001 0 eng d
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100	1		_aFaust, Drew Gilpin.
245	1	0	_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, _c2008.
300			_a346 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 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.
520			_aAn 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. This book explores the impact of this enormous 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.
830		0	_aVintage Civil War library.
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