Lincoln's tragic pragmatism : Lincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict /

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In 1858, challenger Abraham Lincoln debated incumbent Stephen Douglas seven times in the race for a U.S. Senate seat from Illinois. More was at stake than slavery in those debates. In Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism, John Burt contends that the very legitimacy of democratic governance was on the li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burt, John, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Ethics.
Douglas, Stephen A. > (Stephen Arnold), > 1813-1861 > Political and social views.
Douglas, Stephen A. > (Stephen Arnold), > 1813-1861 > Ethics.
Douglas, Stephen A. > (Stephen Arnold), > 1813-1861
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
1800-1899
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858.
Democracy > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Débats Lincoln-Douglas, Ill., 1858.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Democracy > Moral and ethical aspects
Ethics
Political and social views
Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects
Illinois
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction: Implicitness and Moral Conflict
  • 2 Lincoln's Peoria Speech of 1854
  • 3 Lincoln's Conspiracy Charge
  • 4 Douglas's Conspiracy Charge
  • 5 Douglas's Fanaticism Charge
  • 6 Douglas's Racial Equality Charge
  • 7 The Dred Scott Case
  • 8 Aftershocks of the Debates
  • 9 Coda: And the War Came
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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