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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449874703321

Autore

Schneider Thomas E. <1963->

Titolo

Lincoln's defense of politics [[electronic resource] ] : the public man and his opponents in the crisis over slavery / / Thomas E. Schneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8262-6506-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/620973

Soggetti

Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century

Slavery - Southern States - Justification

Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century

Slaves - Emancipation - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A divided Lincoln? -- Stephen A. Douglas : the missing constitutional basis -- Alexander H. Stephens : slavery, secession, and the higher law -- John C. Calhoun : the politics of interest -- George Fitzhugh : the turn to history -- The attack on Locke -- Henry David Thoreau : the question of political engagement -- William Lloyd Garrison : from disunionist to Lincoln emancipationist -- Frederick Douglass : antislavery constitutionalism and the problem of consent -- Freedom, political and economic -- Between legalism and the higher law -- Lincoln's defense of politics.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher.