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Genoemd persoon: | Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln |
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Soort document: | Boek |
Alle auteurs / bijdragers: |
Eric Foner |
ISBN: | 039334066X 9780393340662 |
OCLC-nummer: | 761362200 |
Opmerkingen: | Originally published: 2010. |
Onderscheidingen: | Winner of Bancroft Prize 2011 Winner of New York Times Notable Selection 2012 Winner of Lincoln Prize 2011 Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2011 |
Beschrijving: | xxi, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Inhoud: | "I am naturally anti-slavery" : young Abraham Lincoln and slavery -- "Always a Whig" : Lincoln, the law, and the second party system -- "The monstrous injustice" : becoming a republican -- "A house divided" : slavery and race in the late 1850s -- "The only substantial difference" : secession and Civil War -- "I must have Kentucky" : the border strategy -- "Forever free" : the coming of emancipation -- "A new birth of freedom" : securing emancipation -- "A fitting, and necessary conclusion" : abolition, reelection, and the challenge of reconstruction -- "Every drop of blood" : the meaning of the war. |
Verantwoordelijkheid: | Eric Foner. |
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"Starred Review. Original and compelling...In the vast library on Lincoln, Foner's book stands out as the most sensible and sensitive reading of Lincoln's lifetime involvement with slavery and the most insightful assessment of Lincoln's-and indeed America's-imperative to move toward freedom lest it be lost. An essential work for all Americans." "Moving and rewarding... A master historian at work." -- David W. Blight "No one else has written about [Lincoln's] trajectory of change with such balance, fairness, depth of analysis, and lucid precision of language." -- James M. McPherson "Do we need another book on Lincoln? Yes, we do-if the book is by so richly informed a commentator as Eric Foner." -- David S. Reynolds "While many thousands of books deal with Lincoln and slavery, Eric Foner has written the definitive account of this crucial subject, illuminating in a highly original and profound way the interactions of race, slavery, public opinion, politics, and Lincoln's own character that led to the wholly improbable uncompensated emancipation of some four million slaves. Even seasoned historians will acquire fresh and new perspectives from reading The Fiery Trial." -- David Brion Davis, author of Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World Meer lezen...

