Awaiting the heavenly country : the Civil War and America's culture of death /
Schantz, Mark S. 1955-
Awaiting the heavenly country : the Civil War and America's culture of death / Mark S. Schantz. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2008. - xv, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Emblems of mortality -- The heavenly country -- Melancholy pleasure -- A voice from the ruins -- Better to die free, than to live slaves -- The court of death.
9780801437618 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007048089
Death--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
War and society--History--United States--19th century.
United States--History--Casualties--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
E468.9 / .S33 2008
973.7/1
Awaiting the heavenly country : the Civil War and America's culture of death / Mark S. Schantz. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2008. - xv, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Emblems of mortality -- The heavenly country -- Melancholy pleasure -- A voice from the ruins -- Better to die free, than to live slaves -- The court of death.
9780801437618 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007048089
Death--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
War and society--History--United States--19th century.
United States--History--Casualties--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
E468.9 / .S33 2008
973.7/1