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Autore |
Schaff Jon D. <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship and the limits of liberal democracy / / Jon D. Schaff |
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Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - United States |
Political leadership - United States - History |
United States Politics and government 1861-1865 |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Significant revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Loyola University Chicago, 2002, titled The domestic Lincoln : presidential leadership, realignment and public policy. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Lincoln and the architecture of democracy's soul -- Lincoln and the political virtues of prudence and moderation -- Lincoln and the defense of natural rights -- Lincoln's political economy in the American tradition -- The domestic Lincoln: presidential power and the Second American Revolution -- Lincoln and the Second American Revolution -- Whigs and Lincoln: a realignment reconsidered -- The domestic Lincoln and Congressional government. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Schaff analyzes how Lincoln's political thought and presidential statesmanship illustrate the need for a limit to democratic excess. Decent government, he argues, demands a balance of competing political goods as well as the strong statesmanship Lincoln exemplified to maintain that equilibrium"-- |
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