LEADER 04775nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910782978203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96639-8 010 $a9786611966393 010 $a0-226-74190-7 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226741901 035 $a(CKB)1000000000721520 035 $a(EBL)432292 035 $a(OCoLC)309103065 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096213 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11111225 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096213 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10076210 035 $a(PQKB)11195869 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121977 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432292 035 $a(DE-B1597)522735 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226741901 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432292 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273771 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196639 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000721520 100 $a20080623d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAbraham Lincoln in the post-heroic era$b[electronic resource] $ehistory and memory in late twentieth-century America /$fBarry Schwartz 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (411 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-74188-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-370) and index. 327 $aAscension : Lincoln in the Great Depression -- Apex : Lincoln in the Second World War -- Transition : Cold War, racial conflict, and contested images of Lincoln -- Transfiguration : civil rights movement, vanishing savior of the Union -- Erosion : fading prestige, benign ridicule -- Post-heroic era : acids of equality and the waning of greatness -- Inertia : the enduring Lincoln. 330 $aBy the 1920's, Abraham Lincoln had transcended the lingering controversies of the Civil War to become a secular saint, honored in North and South alike for his steadfast leadership in crisis. Throughout the Great Depression and World War II, Lincoln was invoked countless times as a reminder of America's strength and wisdom, a commanding ideal against which weary citizens could see their own hardships in perspective. But as Barry Schwartz reveals in Abraham Lincoln in the Post-Heroic Era, those years represent the apogee of Lincoln's prestige. The decades following World War II brought radical changes to American culture, changes that led to the diminishing of all heroes-Lincoln not least among them. As Schwartz explains, growing sympathy for the plight of racial minorities, disenchantment with the American state, the lessening of patriotism in the wake of the Vietnam War, and an intensifying celebration of diversity, all contributed to a culture in which neither Lincoln nor any single person could be a heroic symbol for all Americans. Paradoxically, however, the very culture that made Lincoln an object of indifference, questioning, criticism, and even ridicule was a culture of unprecedented beneficence and inclusion, where racial, ethnic, and religious groups treated one another more fairly and justly than ever before. Thus, as the prestige of the Great Emancipator shrank, his legacy of equality continued to flourish. Drawing on a stunning range of sources-including films, cartoons, advertisements, surveys, shrine visitations, public commemorations, and more-Schwartz documents the decline of Lincoln's public standing, asking throughout whether there is any path back from this post-heroic era. Can a new generation of Americans embrace again their epic past, including great leaders whom they know to be flawed? As the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial approaches, readers will discover here a stirring reminder that Lincoln, as a man, still has much to say to us-about our past, our present, and our possible futures. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aMulticulturalism$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 610 $alincoln, memory, history, sociology, leadership, presidency, assassination, martyr, civil war, controversy, heroism, reputation, race, slavery, racism, inclusion, symbolism, patriotism, national identity, nonfiction, politics, multiculturalism, depression, prestige, equality, greatness, diversity, emancipation, commemoration, shrine, heritage tourism, advertisements, film, cartoons, popular culture. 615 0$aPresidents 615 0$aMulticulturalism 676 $a973.7092 676 $aB 700 $aSchwartz$b Barry$f1938-$01563461 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782978203321 996 $aAbraham Lincoln in the post-heroic era$93831873 997 $aUNINA