Our Lincoln : new perspectives on Lincoln and his world /

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Other Authors / Creators:Foner, Eric, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:First edition.
Imprint: New York : W.W. Norton, [2008]
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Retention:Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Part I. The President
  • 1. A. Lincoln, Commander in Chief
  • 2. The Constitution and Civil Liberties Under Lincoln
  • 3. Abraham Lincoln and Jacksonian Democracy
  • 4. Visualizing Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln as Student, Subject, and Patron of the Visual Arts
  • Part II. The Emancipator
  • 5. Natural Rights, Citizenship Rights, States' Rights, and Black Rights: Another Look at Lincoln and Race
  • 6. Lincoln and Colonization
  • 7. Allies for Emancipation?: Lincoln and Black Abolitionists
  • Part III. The Man
  • 8. Lincoln's Sacramental Language
  • 9. Lincoln's Religion
  • 10. Abraham Lincoln: The Family That Made Him, the Family He Made
  • Part IV. Politics and Memory
  • 11. The Theft of Lincoln in Scholarship, Politics, and Public Memory
  • Contributors
  • Notes
  • Index