Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2015-09-03
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Stephen Dubner discussed This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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This Republic of Suffering
This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust is a historical study examining how the unprecedented scale of death during the American Civil War transformed cultural, religious, and political attitudes toward mortality in the United States.
Discussed“Let me ask you one question about that book, Republic of Suffering. You write about how the Civil War changed the way Americans thought about death, in part because of the sheer scale of death, along with many other elements.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing This Republic of Suffering
“Among her books are This Republic of Suffering, Death and the American Civil War, and Mothers of Invention, Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War.”
Passing Mothers of Invention
“Among her books are This Republic of Suffering, Death and the American Civil War, and Mothers of Invention, Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War.”