Awaiting the Heavenly Country : The Civil War and America's Culture of Death.
Schantz, Mark S.
Awaiting the Heavenly Country : The Civil War and America's Culture of Death. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (265 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. "Emblems of Mortality" -- Chapter Two. "The Heavenly Country" -- Chapter Three. "Melancholy Pleasure" -- Chapter Four. "A Voice from the Ruins" -- Chapter Five. "Better to Die Free, Than to Live Slaves" -- Chapter Six. "The Court of Death" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
Essential reading for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the Civil War and the ways in which antebellum Americans comprehended death and the unimaginable bloodshed on the horizon.
9780801459252
Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
War and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties -- Social aspects.
Electronic books.
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973.7/1
Awaiting the Heavenly Country : The Civil War and America's Culture of Death. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (265 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. "Emblems of Mortality" -- Chapter Two. "The Heavenly Country" -- Chapter Three. "Melancholy Pleasure" -- Chapter Four. "A Voice from the Ruins" -- Chapter Five. "Better to Die Free, Than to Live Slaves" -- Chapter Six. "The Court of Death" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
Essential reading for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the Civil War and the ways in which antebellum Americans comprehended death and the unimaginable bloodshed on the horizon.
9780801459252
Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
War and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties -- Social aspects.
Electronic books.
E468
973.7/1