Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era - Rilegato

Belz, Herman

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ISBN 10: 082321768X ISBN 13: 9780823217687

Casa editrice: Fordham Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

This striking portrait of Abraham Lincoln found in this book is drawn entirely from the writing of his contemporaries and extends from his political beginnings in Springfield to his assassination. It reveals a more severely beleaguered, less godlike, and finally a richer Lincoln than has come through many of the biographies of Lincoln written at a distance after his death. To those who are familiar only with the various “retouched” versions of Lincoln’s life, Abraham Lincoln: A Press Portrait will be a welcome—if sometimes surprising—addition to the literature surrounding the man who is perhaps the central figure in all of American history.

The brutality, indeed that malignancy of some of the treatment Lincoln received at the hands of the press may well shock those readers who believe the second half of the twentieth century has a monopoly on the journalism of insult, outrage, and indignation. That Lincoln acted with the calm and clarity he did under the barrage of such attacks can only enhance his stature as one of the great political leaders of any nation at any time.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Herman Belz is Professor of History at The University of Maryland at College Park and is a leading expert on the constitution and politics in the Civil War Era.

Product Description:

This work examines the tendency of American constitutionalism during the Civil War. It analyzes the political thought of Abraham Lincoln, his exercise of executive power, and the application of the equality principle. Interdisciplinary in approach, the essays combine history and political science.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Fordham Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 082321768X
• ISBN 13: 9780823217687
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 265