[PDF.49bm] Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America's Culture of Death

Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America's Culture of Death

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 | #944624 in Books |  Cornell University Press |  2008-04-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.17 x.90 x6.48l,1.08 | File type: PDF | 264 pages

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||14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.| A death-embracing culture|By Kerry Walters|Mark Schantz's eagerly anticipated Awaiting the Heavenly Country will inevitably be compared to Drew Gilpin Faust's This Republic of Suffering. Faust, whose book beat Schantz's to the bookstores by just a few months, has explored death and the Civil War for several years, and some of the themes her book explores--for example, 19th c| || "Schantz writes about that harvest of death . . . with insight and sensitivity―even eloquence."―James M. McPherson, New York of Books (17 April 2008)

| "Schantz makes a compelling case that Americans' experiences with, and ideas a

"Americans came to fight the Civil War in the midst of a wider cultural world that sent them messages about death that made it easier to kill and to be killed. They understood that death awaited all who were born and prized the ability to face death with a spirit of calm resignation. They believed that a heavenly eternity of transcendent beauty awaited them beyond the grave. They knew that their heroic achievements would be cherished forever by posterity. They grasped...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America's Culture of Death   |  Mark S. Schantz. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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