| Description |
xiv, 549 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-535) and index. |
| Contents |
The election of 1800 and the election of 1860 -- The Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and historians -- The divided American mind on the eve of conflict: James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, and Alexander Stephens survey the crisis -- The mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the argument and action of the debate that shaped it, I -- The mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the argument and action of the debate that shaped it, II -- July 4, 1861: Lincoln tells why the Union must be preserved -- Slavery, succession, and state rights: the political teaching of John C. Calhoun -- Appendix: "The dividing line between Federal and local authority: popular sovereignty in the territories": a commentary. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Inauguration, 1861.
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1860.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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| ISBN |
0847699528 alkaline paper |
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