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Indlæser... This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (original 2008; udgave 2008)af Drew Gilpin Faust (Forfatter)
Work InformationThis Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library) af Drew Gilpin Faust (2008)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. 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. ( ) 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." 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.
A moving work of social history, detailing how the Civil War changed perceptions and behaviors about death. 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. HæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
Under den Den amerikanske borgerkrig (1861 @2013 1865) omkom omkring 620.000 soldater, hvilket til nutidig befolkningsmæssig målestok ville svare til cirka seks millioner. Forfatteren dokumenterer det enorme omfang af dødsofre fra flere synsvinkler; fysisk, politisk, intellektuelt og sjæleligt. Hun skitserer den måde, døden ændrer såvel det individuelle menneskes liv som nationens og forståelsen af betydningen af borgerrettigheder og borgerpligter. Ligeledes beskrives de civiles sorg over deres døde samt den religiøse kulturs kamp med at få blodbadet til at stemme overens med troen på en menneskekærlig gud. Endelig delagtiggøres læseren i de mange logistiske udfordringer og hensyn det store antal af døde medførte..
Søgeord: Antal døde i Den amerikanske borgerkrig ; Dødsårsager ; Begravelse ; Walt Whitman ; Hospitalsbesøg ; Identifikation af afdøde ; Slaget ved Gettysburg 1863 ; Breve ; Religion ; Øjenvidneskildringer.. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.71History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil War Political history; causes, resultsLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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