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1 online resource (lvi, 244 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
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Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Abraham Lincoln occupies a unique place in the American pantheon. Symbol, sage, myth and martyr, he is an American icon - Honest Abe and The Great Emancipator, a Janus-faced demigod sculpted in marble. But this is the post-assassination Lincoln. During his lifetime Lincoln elicited very different reactions. The writings and speeches presented in this scholarly edition illuminate Lincoln as a political thinker in the context of his own time and political situation. Opening with a concise yet rich introduction, the texts that follow are complete and carefully edited, with extensive annotation and footnotes to provide a clearer insight into Lincoln the man, the politician and political thinker. His views on race and slavery, on secession and civil war and on the contradiction (as his saw it) between the Declaration of Independence ('all men are created equal') and the original Constitution (which condones slavery) are laid out in Lincoln's own well-crafted words. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: I. Political Writings and Speeches -- 1. Autobiographical sketch (c. June 1860) -- 2. "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions": Address to the Springfield Young Men's Lyceum (January 27, 1838) -- 3. Limits of Presidential Power: To William H. Herndon (February 15, 1848) -- 4. Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act (October 16, 1854) -- 5. To Joshua F. Speed (August 24, 1855) -- 6. Speech on the Dred Scott Decision (June 26, 1857) -- 7. "A House Divided" Speech: Acceptance Speech for the Republican Senatorial Nomination (June 16, 1858) -- 8. Portion of a Speech at Edwardsville, Illinois (September 11, 1858) -- 9. Seventh Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Lincoln's Reply (October 15, 1858) -- 10. On Thomas Jefferson: To Henry L. Pierce and Others (April 6, 1859) -- 11. Cooper Union Address (February 27, 1860) -- 12. Speech at Indianapolis, Indiana (February 11, 1861) -- 13. Speech at Independence Hall, Philadelphia (February 22, 1861) -- 14. First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1861) -- 15. Message to Congress in Special Session (July 4, 1861) -- 16. Appeal to Border-State Representatives for Compensated Emancipation (July 12, 1862) -- 17. Address on Colonization to a Committee of Colored Men (August 14, 1862) -- 18. To Horace Greeley (August 22, 1862) -- 19. Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (September 22, 1862) -- 20. Proclamation Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus (September 24, 1862) -- 21. Second Annual Message to Congress (December 1, 1862) -- 22. Final Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) -- 23. To General John A. McClernand (January 8, 1863) -- 24. To Erastus Corning and Others (June 12, 1863) -- 25. To Matthew Birchard and Others: Reply to the Ohio Democratic Convention (June 29, 1863) -- 26. To James C. Conkling (August 26, 1863) -- 27. Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863) -- 28. Third Annual Message to Congress (December 8, 1863) -- 29. Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (December 8, 1863) -- 30. Reply to the New York Working-men's Democratic Republican Association (March 21, 1864) -- 31. To Albert G. Hodges (April 4, 1864) -- 32. To Charles D. Robinson (August 17, 1864) -- 33. Reply to a Southern Woman (December 6, 1864) -- 34. "With Malice toward None": Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865) -- 35. Speech on Reconstruction (Lincoln's last speech) (April 11, 1865) -- II. Notes and Fragments -- 36. On Government (1854?) -- 37. On Slavery (1854?) -- 38. On Slavery and Democracy (1858?) -- 39. On Pro-slavery Theology (1858?) -- 40. On the Struggle against Slavery (c. July 1858) -- 41. On Racial (In)equality 1: First Lincoln-Douglas Debate (August 21, 1858) -- 42. On Racial (In)equality 2: Fourth Lincoln-Douglas Debate (September 18, 1858) -- 43. Declaration of Independence includes all men: Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate (October 7, 1858) -- 44. On Slavery, Property, and the Constitution: Fifth Lincoln-Douglas Debate (October 7, 1858) -- 45. On Labor and Capital 1 (1846 or 1847) -- 46. On Labor and Capital 2: Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society (September 30, 1859) -- 47. On Labor and Capital 3: Speech at New Haven, Connecticut (March 6, 1860) -- 48. On Liberty: Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Maryland (April 18, 1864) -- 49. On the Thirteenth Amendment (abolition of slavery): Fourth Annual Message to Congress (December 6, 1864). |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American. |
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19th century |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
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United States. |
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Politics and government. |
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1815-1861 |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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1861-1865 |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents. |
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Biographies.
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Ball, Terence.
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| Cover Title |
Lincoln : political writings and speeches |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Abraham Lincoln. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9780521897280 (DLC) 2012023157 (OCoLC)809558705 |
| ISBN |
9781107313989 (electronic book) |
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1107313988 (electronic book) |
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9781139034784 (electronic book) |
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1139034782 (electronic book) |
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9780521897280 |
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0521897289 |
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9780521722261 |
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0521722268 |
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