| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Lincoln, Inc. : selling the sixteenth president -- Mr. Lincoln's coattails : marketing, memorabilia, and presidential tourism -- Packaging the president : Lincoln biographies -- Telling fictions : Lincoln in literature, television, and film -- What would Lincoln do? : the sixteenth president in twenty-first century politics -- "A" is for Abe : teaching Lincoln -- Lincoln under glass : the great emancipator in American museums -- Selling Lincoln : who do we think we are? |
| Summary |
Lincoln, Inc. is an engaging examination of the uses and abuses of the sixteenth president's image in America today. Whether in political campaigns, blockbuster films, school pageants, or soft drink advertisements, the use of the Lincoln image reveals who we think we are as a nation, and who we wish we could be. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Influence.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Miscellanea.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Subject |
Public opinion -- United States.
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United States. |
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Market segmentation -- United States.
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Market segmentation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hogan, Jackie, 1967- Lincoln, Inc. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011 9781442209541 (DLC) 2011024065 (OCoLC)719429687 |
| ISBN |
9781442209565 (electronic book) |
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1442209569 (electronic book) |
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9781442209541 (cloth) |
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1442209542 (cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9786613283740 |
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