This Republic Of Suffering Death And The American Civil War By Drew Gilpin Faust

2008 Hardcover,1st Edition

Dust Jacket

Alfred A Knopf

Very Good Condition

History

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust is a landmark book that explores how the unprecedented death toll of the Civil War (around 620,000 soldiers) transformed American society, culture, and identity. It examines the practical and spiritual challenges of managing mass death, the creation of modern funeral and mourning rituals, the government's new role in caring for the dead, and how the shared experience of suffering reshaped national identity, ultimately stripping away romanticism and forcing a new understanding of grief and the afterlife.