Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer PresidentAllen C. Guelzo, Henry R Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies Allen C Guelzo W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999 - 516 páginas This major biography of Abraham Lincoln has won the prestigious Lincoln Prize, the annual award given to the best book in the Civil War field. Guelzo's superb work breaks new ground in exploring the role of ideas in Lincoln's life, treating him for the first time as a serious thinker deeply involved in the struggles of nineteenth-century thought. |
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The organization of New Mexico and Utah under the Compromise of 1850 had
demonstrated for Douglas a better and less provocative means for organizing the
territories , the doctrine of popular sovereignty , the " great fundamental principle
...
The organization of New Mexico and Utah under the Compromise of 1850 had
demonstrated for Douglas a better and less provocative means for organizing the
territories , the doctrine of popular sovereignty , the " great fundamental principle
...
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In practical terms , popular sovereignty actually subverted the principle of self -
government by giving allowance to a choice for slavery . Admit for a moment ,
Lincoln asked , that a black slave is a man , just as a white farmer is a man : Is not
...
In practical terms , popular sovereignty actually subverted the principle of self -
government by giving allowance to a choice for slavery . Admit for a moment ,
Lincoln asked , that a black slave is a man , just as a white farmer is a man : Is not
...
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Worse , the old bargain was being replaced by an insidious effort to extend
slavery across the nation , and popular sovereignty was simply a clever device of
Douglas's to lull to sleep the people's resistance to that extension . Rather than ...
Worse , the old bargain was being replaced by an insidious effort to extend
slavery across the nation , and popular sovereignty was simply a clever device of
Douglas's to lull to sleep the people's resistance to that extension . Rather than ...
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Crítica de los usuarios - twatson79 - LibraryThingVery engaging biography on Lincoln, detailing his philosophy, religiosity, and general thought life. Guelzo does well in showing Lincoln to be a man of deep convictions as well as showing how those ... Leer comentario completo
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The Strife of Ideas | 3 |
The American System | 26 |
The Costs of Union | 64 |
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While God is Marching on: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers Steven E. Woodworth,Steven E.. Woodworth Vista de fragmentos - 2001 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President Library of religious biography |
| Autores | Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies Allen C Guelzo |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 19 Sep. 2008 |
| ISBN | 0802838723, 9780802838728 |
| Largo | 516 páginas |
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