Our Lincoln : new perspectives on Lincoln and his world / edited by Eric Foner.

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:1st ed.
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.
Other Authors:
Foner, Eric
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Military leadership.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Format: Book
Our Lincoln : new perspectives on Lincoln and his world /
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. The president
  • 1. A. Lincoln, commander in chief / James M. McPherson
  • 2. The Constitution and civil liberties under Lincoln / Mark E. Neely, Jr.
  • 3. Abraham Lincoln and Jacksonian democracy / Sean Wilentz
  • 4. Visualizing Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln as student, subject, and patron of the visual arts / Harold Holzer
  • Pt. II. The emancipator
  • 5. Natural rights, citizenship rights, states' rights, and Black rights: another look at Lincoln and race / James Oakes
  • 6. Lincoln and colonization / Eric Foner
  • 7. Allies for emancipation? Lincoln and Black abolitionists / Manisha Sinha
  • Pt. III. The man
  • 8. Lincoln's sacramental language / Andrew Delbanco
  • 9. Lincoln's religion / Richard Carwardine
  • 10. Abraham Lincoln: the family that made him, the family he made / Catherine Clinton
  • Pt. IV. Politics and memory
  • 11. The theft of Lincoln in scholarship, politics, a public memory / David W. Blight.

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