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UNINA9910968576603321 |
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Titolo |
Lincoln looks West : from the Mississippi to the Pacific / / edited by Richard W. Etulain |
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Carbondale, Ill., : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-69803-9 |
9786613674999 |
0-8093-8558-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slavery - United States - Extension to the territories |
West (U.S.) Politics and government 19th century |
United States Territorial expansion History 19th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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Abraham Lincoln and the Trans-Mississippi American West: an introductory overview -- Lincoln and the Mexican War: an argument by analogy / Mark E. Neely, Jr. -- Lincoln, the West, and the antislavery politics of the 1850's / Michael S. Green -- Lincoln, the Thirteenth Amendment, and the admission of Nevada / Earl S. Pomeroy -- Lincoln and the territorial patronage: the ascendancy of the radicals in the West / Vincent G. Tegeder -- Lincoln's New Mexico patronage: saving the Far Southwest for the Union / Deren Earl Kellogg -- The tribe of Abraham: Lincoln and the Washington Territory / Robert W. Johannsen -- Dr. Anson G. Henry (1804-65): Lincoln's junkyard dog / Paul M. Zall -- The Mormon connection: Lincoln, the saints, and the crisis of equality / Larry Schweikart -- Lincoln and the Indians / David A. Nichols -- Lincoln and the American West: a bibliographical essay and a bibliography. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This essay collection traces the full outline of Abraham Lincoln's important links with the trans-Mississippi American West. The volume features seven reprinted essays, two new ones, an introductory overview, and a bibliographic essay"-- |
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