The age of Lincoln:

"In a remarkable reappraisal of Lincoln, distinguished historian Burton shows how the Kentucky-born president's Southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right protected by the rule of law. In the violent decades that followed, the extent of tha...

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1. Verfasser: Burton, Orville Vernon (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Hill and Wang 2007
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:"In a remarkable reappraisal of Lincoln, distinguished historian Burton shows how the Kentucky-born president's Southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right protected by the rule of law. In the violent decades that followed, the extent of that freedom would be contested by racism and unregulated capitalism, but not its central place in what defined the country"--From publisher description.
Beschreibung:"In a remarkable reappraisal of Lincoln, distinguished historian Burton shows how the Kentucky-born president's Southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right protected by the rule of law. In the violent decades that followed, the extent of that freedom would be contested by racism and unregulated capitalism, but not its central place in what defined the country"--From publisher description.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-400) and index
Beschreibung:420 p., [16] p. of plates ill., ports. 24 cm
ISBN:9780809095131
0809095130

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