TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schantz,Mark S.
TI  - Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America's Culture of Death
SN  - 9780801459252
AV  - E468 
U1  - 973.7/1 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
KW  - War and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
KW  - United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties -- Social aspects
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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ER  -