Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas [[electronic resource] /] / Allen C. Guelzo ; with a foreword by Michael Lind
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Guelzo Allen C
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| Titolo: |
Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas [[electronic resource] /] / Allen C. Guelzo ; with a foreword by Michael Lind
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| Pubblicazione: | Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States |
| Presidents - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1861-1865 |
| United States Politics and government 1845-1861 | |
| United States Politics and government Philosophy | |
| United States Intellectual life 1783-1865 | |
| Altri autori: |
LindMichael
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Abraham 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas |
| ISBN: | 1-280-69780-6 |
| 9786613674760 | |
| 0-8093-8637-2 | |
| 1-4416-2330-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821272703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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