| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 369 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the preservation of liberty / Clarence Thomas -- Part I. Lincoln's character. "The Great Invention of the World": Lincoln and literature / Fred Kaplan -- Lincoln, Shakespeare, and tyranny / John Channing Briggs -- Lincoln and race / Michael Burlingame -- Learning to love Lincoln: Frederick Douglass's journey from grievance to gratitude / Diana J. Schaub -- Part II. Lincoln's politics. Lincoln and political principles / Thomas L. Krannawitter -- Lincoln, liberty, and the American constitutional union / Lucas E. Morel -- The democratic statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln / Steven Kautz -- "Public sentiment if everything": Abraham Lincoln and the power of public opinion / Allen C. Guelzo -- Lincoln and the lessons of party leadership / Matthew Pinsker -- Lincoln's theology of labor / Joseph R. Fornieri -- Part III. Lincoln at war. Abraham Lincoln as war president: Practical wisdom at war / Mackubin Thomas Owens -- Lincoln's executive discretion: The preservation of political constitutionalism / Benjamin A. Kleinerman -- Part IV. Lincoln and modern-day America. Lincoln and the progressives / Ronald J. Pestritto and Jason R. Jividen. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. (OCoLC)fst00030184
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1744-1786.
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Biographies.
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Statesmen -- United States.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism.
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Liberty. (OCoLC)fst00997251
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Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
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Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
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Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1861 - 1865
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
Morel, Lucas E., 1964- editor.
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Thomas, Clarence, 1948- writer of introduction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lincoln and liberty. Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, ©2014 9780813151014 (OCoLC)876686172 |
| ISBN |
9780813151038 (electronic bk.) |
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0813151031 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813151021 (electronic bk.) |
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0813151023 (electronic bk.) |
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