An edition of Awaiting the Heavenly Country (2008)
Awaiting the Heavenly Country
The Civil War and America's Culture of Death
By Mark S. Schantz
Publish Date
May 2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Language
eng
Pages
251
Description:
"In Awaiting the Heavenly Country, Mark S. Schantz argues that American attitudes and ideas about death helped facilitate the war's tremendous carnage."-inside jacket.
subjects: Death, Social aspects, Social aspects of Death, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, War and society, Casualties, History, Amerikanska inbördeskriget 1861-1865, Unsterblichkeitsglaube, Historia, University of South Alabama, Sezessionskrieg, Todesvorstellung, Sociala aspekter, Döden, Tod, Death, social aspects, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865
Places: United States
Times: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865