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Lincoln's America : 1809 - 1865 /

To fully understand and appreciate Abraham Lincoln's legacy, it is important to examine the society that influenced the life, character, and leadership of the man who would become the Great Emancipator. Editors Joseph R. Fornieri and Sara Vaughn Gabbard have done just that in Lincoln's Ame...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gabbard, Sara Vaughn, Fornieri, Joseph R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale. : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:To fully understand and appreciate Abraham Lincoln's legacy, it is important to examine the society that influenced the life, character, and leadership of the man who would become the Great Emancipator. Editors Joseph R. Fornieri and Sara Vaughn Gabbard have done just that in Lincoln's America: 1809-1865, a collection of new and original essays by ten eminent historians that place Lincoln within his nineteenth-century cultural context. Among the topics explored in Lincoln's America are religion, education, middle-class family life, the antislavery movement, po.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780809387137