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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library) (2008)

af Drew Gilpin Faust

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A discussion of the quarter million soldier deaths and countless civilian losses during our Civil war. The book was divided into chapters entitled "Dying", "Killing", Burying", Naming", "Realizing (Civilians and the Work of Mourning)", Believing and Doubting (the effects on Religious Convictions), "Accounting", "Numbering", and "Surviving". VERY SOBERING. (

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jemisonreads | Jan 22, 2024 |

An excellent and compelling piece of non-fiction, and a must-read for anyone working in death care in America. (

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scarylullabies | Feb 7, 2022 |

Excellent scholarship -- and an interesting lens to take a look at how the experience of the Civil War shaped the America that emerged from all that death and destruction, and the attitudes of Americans who were yet unborn. (

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maura853 | Jul 11, 2021 |

By focusing on the shared experience of death and loss Gilpin Faust frames the Civil War as a national experience rather than one of just North vs South. The author shows how the unprecedented carnage of modern warfare necessitated a shift in American understanding of death and dying that has pervaded the culture since. I can't help but read this account of crisis shaping culture in light of the current pandemic, especially the numbing effect of numbers.

Quote: "Americans had not just lost the dead; they had lost their own lives as they had understood them before the war." (

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ImperfectCJ | Nov 29, 2020 |

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust is an eye-opening, informative, and sober look at life up close and personal. When I thought of the Civil War I had never really thought of all the details of what it would be like other than tv shows. This book takes you down and dirty on the death and suffering of the dead and dying but those around those men. There are problems I would have never thought of. Heartbreaking, informative, and I cried at times for the terrible injustices that transpires. I read about the worst in some people but I saw the best in others.
In some ways the feelings are a lot like today. (

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A moving work of social history, detailing how the Civil War changed perceptions and behaviors about death.

tilføjet af Richardrobert | RedigerKirkus Reviews (Oct 15, 2007)

Battle is the dramatic centerpiece of Civil War history; this penetrating study looks instead at the somber aftermath. Historian Faust (Mothers of Invention ) notes that the Civil War introduced America to death on an unprecedented scale and of an unnatural kind—grisly, random and often ending in an unmarked grave far from home.

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Bancroft Prize (2009)

Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History (2008)

Massachusetts Book Award (Must-Read (Longlist) – Nonfiction – 2009)

National Book Award (Longlist – Nonfiction – 2008)

National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist – General Nonfiction – 2008)

Pulitzer Prize (Finalist – Historie – 2009)

LA Times Book Prize (Finalist – Historie – 2008)

Virginia Literary Awards (Finalist – Nonfiction – 2009)

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Christian Science Monitor Best Book (Nonfiction – 2008)

The New York Times Best Books of the Year (2008)

New York Times bestseller (Nonfiction – 2008)

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San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Nonfiction – 2008)

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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War

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