LEADER 03390nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910971815903321 005 20230324202035.0 010 $a1-280-69780-6 010 $a9786613674760 010 $a0-8093-8637-2 010 $a1-4416-2330-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000806003 035 $a(EBL)1354383 035 $a(OCoLC)817089209 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096209 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11108803 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096209 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10081559 035 $a(PQKB)11313545 035 $a(OCoLC)459792659 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5177 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354383 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555634 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367476 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354383 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000806003 100 $a20080611d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAbraham Lincoln as a man of ideas /$fAllen C. Guelzo ; with a foreword by Michael Lind 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8093-3582-4 311 08$a0-8093-2861-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: what would Lincoln do? -- The unlikely intellectual biography of Abraham Lincoln -- Abraham Lincoln and the doctrine of necessity -- Come-outers and community-men: Abraham Lincoln and the idea of community in nineteenth-century America -- Lincoln and natural law -- "Fiends ... facing Zionwards": Abraham Lincoln's reluctant embrace of the abolitionists -- Apples of gold in a picture of silver: Lincoln, the constitution, and liberty -- Understanding emancipation: Lincoln's proclamation and the end of slavery -- Defending emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and the Conkling letter, August 1863 -- Prudence and the Proclamation -- Lincoln and the "war powers" of the Presidency. 330 $aAbraham Lincoln was a skilled politician, an inspirational leader, and a man of humor and pathos. What many may not realize is how much he was also a man of ideas. Despite the most meager of formal educations, Lincoln's tremendous intellectual curiosity drove him into the circle of Enlightenment philosophy and democratic political ideology. And from these, Lincoln developed a set of political convictions that guided him throughout his life and his presidency. Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Ideas, a compilation of ten essays from Lincoln scholar, Allen C. Guelzo, uncovers the hidden sources of L 606 $aEnslaved persons$xEmancipation$zUnited States 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1861-1865 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1845-1861 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$xPhilosophy 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y1783-1865 615 0$aEnslaved persons$xEmancipation 615 0$aPresidents 676 $a973.7092 700 $aGuelzo$b Allen C$0900256 701 $aLind$b Michael$0804968 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971815903321 996 $aAbraham Lincoln as a man of ideas$94398609 997 $aUNINA