Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas /

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"Despite the most meager of formal educations, Lincoln had a tremendous intellectual curiosity that drove him into the circle of Enlightenment philosophy and democratic political ideology. And from these, Lincoln developed a set of political convictions that guided him throughout his life and h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guelzo, Allen C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Philosophy.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
1783-1865
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
HISTORY.
Intellectual life
Philosophy
Political and social views
Politics and government
Presidents
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1845-1861.
United States > Politics and government > Philosophy.
United States > Intellectual life > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1845-1861.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Philosophie.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 1783-1865.
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: what would Lincoln do?
  • The unlikely intellectual biography of Abraham Lincoln
  • Abraham Lincoln and the doctrine of necessity
  • Come-outers and community-men: Abraham Lincoln and the idea of community in nineteenth-century America
  • Lincoln and natural law
  • "Fiends ... facing Zionwards": Abraham Lincoln's reluctant embrace of the abolitionists
  • Apples of gold in a picture of silver: Lincoln, the constitution, and liberty
  • Understanding emancipation: Lincoln's proclamation and the end of slavery
  • Defending emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and the Conkling letter, August 1863
  • Prudence and the Proclamation
  • Lincoln and the "war powers" of the Presidency.

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