This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0375703837
- ISBN-13
- 9780375703836
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 346
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Drew Gilpin Faust
Description
Assesses the impact of the enormous carnage of the Civil War on every aspect of American life from a material, political, intellectual, cultural, social, and spiritual perspective.
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