The Lincoln Persuasion : : Remaking American Liberalism / / J. David Greenstone.

In this, his last work, J. David Greenstone provides an important new analysis of American liberalism and of Lincoln's unique contribution to the nation's political life. Greenstone addresses Louis Hartz's well-known claim that a tradition of liberal consensus has characterized Americ...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1993
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; 142
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Physical Description:1 online resource (348 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • CHARTS AND TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • EDITOR'S NOTE
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK
  • PART ONE
  • INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE
  • ONE. THE LINCOLN MYTH RECONSIDERED
  • TWO. AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE
  • PART TWO
  • INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO
  • THREE. ADAMS AND JEFFERSON
  • FOUR. ADAMS, JEFFERSON, AND THE SLAVERY PARADOX
  • PART THREE
  • INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE
  • FIVE WILLIAM LEGGETT
  • SIX. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS AND POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
  • SEVEN. MARTIN VAN BUREN'S HUMANIST LIBERAL THEORY OF PARTY
  • PART FOUR
  • INTRODUCTION TO PART FOUR
  • EIGHT. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
  • NINE. LINCOLN AND THE NORTH'S COMMITMENT TO LIBERTY AND UNION
  • TEN LINCOLN'S POLITICAL HUMANITARIANISM
  • Epilogue
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX