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xv, 245 pages : 24 cm, \"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, 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
- Author
- Schantz, Mark S. (Mark Saunders), 1955-
- Publisher
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801458019
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.52 / 5 (26 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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