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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858

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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.

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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
 

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