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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burt, John, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
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.
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