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Lincoln in American memory /

In tracing the changing image of Abraham Lincoln over the decades, this wide-ranging study offers insight into the evolution and struggles of American politics and society.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peterson, Merrill D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Apotheosis
  • 2. Shapings in the Postwar Years. Lincoln, Reconstruction, and the South. Book, Portraits, and Monuments. The Early Biographers: Herndon and Others
  • 3. Filling Up the Image. The Flood of Reminiscence. Aspects of Character. First Culmination: Nicolay and Hay and Others
  • 4. To the Afterwar Generation. Lincolniana: The Collectors and Ida Tarbell. The Political Lincoln. The Negroes' Lincoln. The Centennial
  • 5. Themes and Variations. The International Lincoln. Temple and Icon. Religion. Ancestry. Controversies Old and New
  • 6. From Memory to History. Organizing the Lincoln Enterprise. Second Culmination: Sandburg, Beveridge, and Others. The Minor Affair. The Historians' Lincoln
  • 7. Zenith. "What Would Lincoln Do?" Historians' Encounters. Civil Rights and Civil Religion. Lincoln at 150
  • 8. Lincoln Everlasting.