Lincoln and Democratic Statesmanship /

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"What exactly makes someone a "statesman"? Is a statesman, as it is commonly said, just a dead politician? There is something inherently ambiguous and complex in the notion of statesmanship, and the contributors to this volume attempt to elucidate this ambiguity by considering the sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Zuckert, Michael P., 1942- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Democracy > United States > History > 19th century.
Character > Political aspects > United States > History.
Political leadership > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reverence, hope, and charity : the democratic virtues of Lincoln's political religion / Zachary German
  • Lincoln and Clay : what is a statesman to do? / Kevin Vance
  • Lincoln and Douglas : on democratic statesmanship / Michael Zuckert
  • The statesman of two unions / Matthew van Hook
  • "Human, all too human" : Lincoln and the price of statesmanship / Matthew Hartman
  • Executive power and constitutional necessity / Benjamin Kleinerman
  • Death and the common good / Jakub Voboril
  • Lincoln atop the civil religion tradition / Mark Hoipkemier.

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