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Sto caricando le informazioni... Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His Worlddi Eric Foner (A cura di)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Updates on the the greatest President, politician, war leader and emancipationist that the U.S., democratic governments and the world has ever seen. The 11 essays are made by an elite group of historians of the 21st century who add new looks on the life and times of Lincoln. ( ) Deconstructing the Great Emancipator Could there possibly be more about Abraham Lincoln that we didn't already know? This collection of essays edited by Eric Foner attempts to add to the lengthy amount of scholarship already out there on Lincoln. Of the 11 essays included, I would say that less than half really had something intriguing to say about the man. Foner's essay "Lincoln and Colonization" is probably the best of the lot. Focusing on the plan to relocate the emancipated slaves in Africa, Foner shows that Lincoln believed in the idea as something more than just an example of Lincoln's pragmatism but something he really believed in early before waning on it after releasing his now famed Emancipation Proclamation. Sean Wilentz's essay "Abraham Lincoln and Jacksonian Democracy" is also good, comparing Lincoln's early whiggery with his Jacksonian tendencies (incidentally Wilentz has just released his own collection of edited essays on Lincoln). The last essay I will mention worth reading is David W. Blight's essay on the use and abuse of Lincoln's thoughts, speeches, and politics in both academic scholarship but also in everyday public memory. Overall, I would recommend this book because the half dozen or so essays worth reading here are not available anywhere else. The book is not biographical, but rather a series of unique perspectives on one of the most famous men in the history of the U.S. and the world. This is a collection of essays that update the scholarship on Lincoln. Like most such collections, some essays are more interesting than others. Topics include Lincoln's use of images, his religion, his family, his attitudes to slavery and race, and more. Lincoln is obviously a figure of wide fascination, since there have been so many books written about him. It seems odd that there are still new things to say, but there are. Some sources have been found recently, and Lincoln studies have benefited from recent social history. Recommended. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"These eloquent, compelling essays show why Lincoln was a man of his time and a man for all time. There is no better introduction to the complexities of his life and to why he still holds a spell over America and the world." --Library Journal Among these original essays by prize-winning historians, James M. McPherson examines Lincoln's deft navigation of the crosscurrents of politics and wartime strategy. Sean Wilentz elegantly explores Lincoln's debt to the democratic political tradition of Jefferson and Jackson. Eric Foner examines Lincoln's controversial position on the movement to colonize emancipated slaves outside the United States. James Oakes explores Lincoln's views on the rights of African Americans. There are also brilliant essays on Lincoln and civil liberties, and on his literary style, religious beliefs, and family life. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)973.7092History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil WarClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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