LEADER 02817nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910452826803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-88180-1 010 $a9786613723116 010 $a0-8093-3118-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105080 035 $a(EBL)1386814 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000690987 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11942954 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690987 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10628417 035 $a(PQKB)11356844 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1386814 035 $a(OCoLC)799144300 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21195 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1386814 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579696 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL372311 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105080 100 $a20110815d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLincoln and the Constitution$b[electronic resource] /$fBrian R. Dirck 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (182 p.) 225 1 $aConcise Lincoln library 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8093-3117-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLincoln and the Constitution : early years -- Lincoln, the Constitution, and slavery during the sectional crisis -- Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence -- Becoming president, and defending the Union -- The war, civil liberties, and ex parte merryman -- Congress and winning the war -- Lincoln and the radicals -- The war and African Americans. 330 $a In this highly readable study of Abraham Lincoln's thoughts and actions concerning the U.S. Constitution, Brian R. Dirck combines extensive primary research and thoughtful, accessible consideration of Lincoln's views to reveal new insights into Lincoln's impact on the U.S. Constitution. In the statesman's roles as a leading antebellum politician, an ardent critic of slavery, and the president of the United States during the Civil War, Lincoln fashioned a strong antislavery constitutional ideology and articulated a constitutional vision of the Civil War that reinforced his determinati 410 0$aConcise Lincoln library. 606 $aConstitutional history$zUnited States 606 $aSlaves$xEmancipation$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1783-1865 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aSlaves$xEmancipation 676 $a973.7092 700 $aDirck$b Brian R.$f1965-$0898905 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452826803321 996 $aLincoln and the Constitution$92109888 997 $aUNINA