The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858

Informationen zum Autor Robert W. Johannsen is J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Illinois. He is the author of Stephen A. Douglas (OUP, 1973; Francis Parkman Prize); To the Halls of the Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination (OUP, 1985); The Frontier, the Union, and Stephen A. Douglas; and Lincoln, the South, and Slavery: The Political Dimension. Klappentext To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the most famous political argument in U.S. history! The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 is now available in a special commemorative edition. As Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas fiercely competed for the Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate! they debated many of the crucial and controversial issues-including slavery-that would later come to define Lincoln's political career. Thoughtfully edited by acclaimed historianRobert W. Johannsen-and framed by an insightful new forword by Johannsen's former student James L. Huston-this essential manuscript captures a groundbreaking and provocative moment in American politics.

Product details

• Authors: Robert W. (EDT)/ Huston Johannsen, James L. Huston
• Assisted by: Robert W. Johannsen (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 13.03.2008
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9780195339420
• ISBN: 978-0-19-533942-0
• Pages: 329
• Dimensions (packing): 14.6 x 21 x 1.9 cm
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Illinois, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1500 onwards to present day, Historiography, History of the Americas