A Nation So Conceived : Abraham Lincoln and the Paradox of Democratic Sovereignty /

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"The culmination of years of work on Abraham Lincoln's political thought, Michael Zuckert's A Nation So Conceived argues for a coherent center to Lincoln's political thought, a core idea that unifies his thought and thus illuminates his deeds as a political actor. That core thoug...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zuckert, Michael P., 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Oratory.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Politics and government.
Political and social views.
Oratory.
Equality.
Democracy > Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
Sovereignty > Philosophy.
Equality > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The perpetuation address : the tragedy of America
  • The temperance address : playing with fire
  • Mr. Lincoln goes to Washington
  • A giant with feet of clay
  • The faith of our fathers : Lincoln's case for the Declaration
  • Legality and legitimacy in the Dred Scott case
  • The concept of Dred : facing the abyss of Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Man the miner, man the farmer
  • Dividing the House
  • In the sahadow of the House divided : Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858
  • In the shadow of the Harper's essay : Lincoln Douglas debates of 1859-1860
  • Secession and democratic sovereignty
  • And the war came
  • Lincoln's constitutionalism
  • De(a)dication
  • On the Second inaugural address.

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