This Republic of Suffering : Death and the American Civil War

English

Series: Vintage Civil War Library

ISBN: 0375703837

EAN: 9780375703836

Category: Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement/History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)/Social Science / Death & Dying/Social Science / Customs & Traditions/

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Release Date: 01/06/2009

Synopsis: The president of Harvard University presents this innovative study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and consequences of death in the face of the unprecedented slaughter of the Civil War. 56 illustrations.

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This Republic of Suffering : Death and the American Civil War

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.72 inches

Width: 5.21 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 12.13 oz

Pages: 368