Lincoln's Unfinished Work : The New Birth of Freedom from Generation to Generation /

"In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln promised that the nation's sacrifices during the Civil War would lead to a "new birth of freedom." Lincoln's Unfinished Work analyzes how the United States has attempted to realize-or subvert-that promise over the past century and...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Eisenstadt, Peter R., 1954- (Editor), Burton, Orville Vernon (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Race relations.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
United States > Race relations > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln promised that the nation's sacrifices during the Civil War would lead to a "new birth of freedom." Lincoln's Unfinished Work analyzes how the United States has attempted to realize-or subvert-that promise over the past century and a half. The volume is not solely about Lincoln, or the immediate unfinished work of Reconstruction, or the broader unfinished work of America coming to terms with its tangled history of race; it investigates all three topics"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (444 pages).
ISBN:9780807178157

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