The Age Of Lincoln
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The Age Of Lincoln
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Author : Orville Vernon Burton
language : en
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Release Date : 2008-07-08
The Age Of Lincoln written by Orville Vernon Burton and has been published by Hill and Wang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-08 with History categories.
Stunning in its breadth and conclusions, The Age of Lincoln is a fiercely original history of the five decades that pivoted around the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Abolishing slavery, the age's most extraordinary accomplishment, was not its most profound. The enduring legacy of the age of Lincoln was inscribing personal liberty into the nation's millennial aspirations. America has always perceived providence in its progress, but in the 1840s and 1850s pessimism accompanied marked extremism, as Millerites predicted the Second Coming, utopianists planned perfection, Southerners made slavery an inviolable honor, and Northerners conflated Manifest Destiny with free-market opportunity. Even amid historic political compromises the middle ground collapsed. In a remarkable reappraisal of Lincoln, the distinguished historian Orville Vernon Burton shows how the president's authentic Southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right to be expanded to all Americans. In the violent decades to follow, the extent of that freedom would be contested but not its central place in what defined the country. Presenting a fresh conceptualization of the defining decades of modern America, The Age of Lincoln is narrative history of the highest order.
Age Of Lincoln
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Author : Orville Vernon Burton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-08
Age Of Lincoln written by Orville Vernon Burton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08 with categories.
An original account of the 7 decades, 1830 through 1900, that pivoted around the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Abolishing slavery, the age¿s most extraordinary accomplishment, was not its most profound triumph. The enduring legacy of the Age of Lincoln was inscribing, with the 13th, 14th, and 15th amend., personal liberty into the nation¿s Constitution. Here, Burton argues that the president¿s authentic southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right to be extended to all Americans. Yet even as the anti-democratic policies of Jim Crow began to settle over the land, Lincoln¿s people put their faith in the law and continued to work on redrawing freedom¿s boundaries. Illustrations.
The Age Of Lincoln And The Art Of American Power 1848 1876
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Author : William Nester
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2014-02-01
The Age Of Lincoln And The Art Of American Power 1848 1876 written by William Nester and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-01 with History categories.
Although Abraham Lincoln was among seven presidents who served during the tumultuous years between the end of the Mexican War and the end of the Reconstruction era, history has not been kind to the others: Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant. In contrast, history sees Abraham Lincoln as a giant in character and deeds. During his presidency, he governed brilliantly, developed the economy, liberated four million people from slavery, reunified the nation, and helped enact the Homestead Act, among other accomplishments. He proved to be not only an outstanding commander in chief but also a skilled diplomat, economist, humanist, educator, and moralist. Lincoln achieved that and more because he was a master of the art of American power. He understood that the struggle for hearts and minds was the essence of politics in a democracy. He asserted power mostly by appealing to peopleÆs hopes rather than their fears. All along he tried to shape rather than reflect prevailing public opinions that differed from his own. To that end, he was brilliant at bridging the gap between progressives and conservatives by reining in the former and urging on the latter. His art of power ultimately reflected his unswerving devotion to the Declaration of IndependenceÆs principles and the ConstitutionÆs institutions, or as he so elegantly expressed it, ôto a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.ö
I Am Kind
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Author : Brad Meltzer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2019-05-14
I Am Kind written by Brad Meltzer and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-14 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The littlest readers can learn about Abraham Lincoln in this board book version of the New York Times bestselling Ordinary People Change the World biography. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. In this new board book format, the very youngest readers can learn about one of America's icons in the series's signature lively, conversational style. The short text focuses on drawing inspiration from these iconic heroes, and includes an interactive element and factual tidbits that young kids will be able to connect with. This volume tells the story of Abraham Lincoln, America's sixteenth president.
The Age Of Lincoln And Cavour
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Author : Enrico Dal Lago
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-02-19
The Age Of Lincoln And Cavour written by Enrico Dal Lago and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-19 with History categories.
In the 19th century, both Italy and the US were young countries pursuing liberal nationalism even as unity was threatened by a recalcitrant southern population. This nuanced analysis of abolitionism and Italian democratic nationalism, Lincoln and Cavour, and the nation's two civil wars provides powerful new insights into their histories.
A House Divided
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Author : Eric Foner
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 1990
A House Divided written by Eric Foner and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
In conjunction with a ten-year exhibit at the Chicago Historical Society, beginning January 1990.
The Age Of Reconstruction
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Author : Don H. Doyle
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-06-11
The Age Of Reconstruction written by Don H. Doyle and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-11 with History categories.
A sweeping history of how Union victory in the American Civil War inspired democratic reforms, revolutions, and emancipation movements in Europe and the Americas The Age of Reconstruction looks beyond post–Civil War America to tell the story of how Union victory and Lincoln’s assassination set off a dramatic international reaction that drove European empires out of the Americas, hastened the end of slavery in Latin America, and ignited a host of democratic reforms in Europe. In this international history of Reconstruction, Don Doyle chronicles the world events inspired by the Civil War. Between 1865 and 1870, France withdrew from Mexico, Russia sold Alaska to the United States, and Britain proclaimed the new state of Canada. British workers demanded more voting rights, Spain toppled Queen Isabella II and ended slavery in its Caribbean colonies, Cubans rose against Spanish rule, France overthrew Napoleon III, and the kingdom of Pope Pius IX fell before the Italian Risorgimento. Some European liberals, including Victor Hugo and Giuseppe Mazzini, even called for a “United States of Europe.” Yet for all its achievements and optimism, this “new birth of freedom” was short-lived. By the 1890s, Reconstruction had been undone in the United States and abroad and America had become an exclusionary democracy based on white supremacy—and a very different kind of model to the world. At home and abroad, America’s Reconstruction was, as W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “the greatest and most important step toward world democracy of all men of all races ever taken in the modern world.” The Age of Reconstruction is a bracing history of a remarkable period when democracy, having survived the great test of the Civil War, was ascendant around the Atlantic world.
Abraham Lincoln
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Author : Thomas Keneally
language : en
Publisher: Viking Adult
Release Date : 2003
Abraham Lincoln written by Thomas Keneally and has been published by Viking Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Presidents categories.
The life of Lincoln is chronicled by the bestselling Booker Prize-winning author of "Schindler's Ark, " the basis for the film "Schindler's List." "Abraham Lincoln" is an incisive study of a turning point in American history and a revealing portrait of its pivotal figure.
Who Was Abraham Lincoln
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Author : Janet B. Pascal
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-11-20
Who Was Abraham Lincoln written by Janet B. Pascal and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-20 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford’s Theater—the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations and maps are included.
The Lincoln Trail In Pennsylvania A History And Guide
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language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2001
The Lincoln Trail In Pennsylvania A History And Guide written by and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.