Lincoln in American Memory

Zusatztext 'Merrill Peterson gives a splendid account of how Lincoln has been used and abused during the past 129 years ... Mr Peterson does a remarkable job of covering the most important developments! and he manages to deliver a flavour of the rest ... this is a book that needed to be written and certainly deserves to be read.'The Economist Informationen zum Autor Merrill D. Peterson is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Virginia. His books include The Jefferson Image in the American Mind (winner of the Bancroft Prize), The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation. Klappentext Historian Peterson provides a fascinating history of Lincoln's place in the American thought and imagination from the hour of his death to the present. In tracing the changing image of Lincoln through time, this wide-ranging account offers insight into the evolution and struggles of American politics and society. Zusammenfassung Merrill Peterson provides a fascinating history of Lincoln's place in American thought and imagination from the hour of his death to present. In tracing the changing image of Lincoln through time, this wide-ranging account offers insight into the evolution and struggles of American politics and society.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Merrill D Peterson, Merrill D. Peterson, Merrill D. (Emeritus Jefferson Professor Peterson, Merrill D. (Emeritus Jefferson Professor of History Peterson, Peterson Merrill D.
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.06.1995
• EAN: 9780195096453
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509645-3
• Pages: 488
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; USA, 20th Century, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government, Central government