Awaiting the Heavenly Country : The Civil War and America's Culture of Death.

By:

Schantz, Mark S

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780801459252

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Awaiting the Heavenly CountryDDC classification:

973.7/1

LOC classification:

E468

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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