Lincoln and the Constitution [[electronic resource] /] / Brian R. Dirck

• Autore: Dirck Brian R. <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7092
• Soggetto topico: Constitutional history - United States; Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1783-1865
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Lincoln 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Lincoln and the Constitution
• ISBN: 1-280-88180-1; 9786613723116; 0-8093-3118-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816534503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Concise Lincoln library.