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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Allen C. GuelzoPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Dimensions: Width: 11.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 18.10cm Weight: 0.250kg ISBN: 9780674286115ISBN 10: 0674286111 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 12 February 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsGuelzo delivers original and tautly argued insights into Lincoln s antislavery thought and the feral persistence of American racism. No one who reads this superb, provocative book will be tempted to dismiss the depth or sincerity of Lincoln s personal commitment to emancipation.--Fergus M. Bordewich, author of America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union Guelzo's exploration of Lincoln's reputation is both accessible and thought provoking.--Publishers Weekly (12/07/2015) Lincoln scholar Guelzo explores race in America as an element of African-American history as affected by Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Declaration... A clear, concise look at one aspect of Lincoln, the man and the president.--Kirkus Reviews (12/01/2015) [A] brief, hard-hitting, and clear-eyed book.--John Wilson Christianity Today (04/01/2016) Guelzo delivers original and tautly argued insights into Lincoln's antislavery thought and the feral persistence of American racism. No one who reads this superb, provocative book will be tempted to dismiss the depth or sincerity of Lincoln's personal commitment to emancipation.--Fergus M. Bordewich, author of America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union In this penetrating work, Guelzo recovers Lincoln's reputation as the Great Emancipator and invites us to think anew about the legacies of slavery and freedom in America. The result is an important, timely meditation on issues that continue to haunt the nation.--Louis P. Masur, author of Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for Union In this penetrating work, Guelzo recovers Lincoln s reputation as the Great Emancipator and invites us to think anew about the legacies of slavery and freedom in America. The result is an important, timely meditation on issues that continue to haunt the nation.--Louis P. Masur, author of Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for Union [A] brief, hard-hitting, and clear-eyed book.--John Wilson Christianity Today (04/01/2016) Lincoln scholar Guelzo explores race in America as an element of African-American history as affected by Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Declaration... A clear, concise look at one aspect of Lincoln, the man and the president.--Kirkus Reviews (12/01/2015) Guelzo's exploration of Lincoln's reputation is both accessible and thought provoking.--Publishers Weekly (12/07/2015) In this penetrating work, Guelzo recovers Lincoln's reputation as the Great Emancipator and invites us to think anew about the legacies of slavery and freedom in America. The result is an important, timely meditation on issues that continue to haunt the nation.--Louis P. Masur, author of Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for Union Guelzo delivers original and tautly argued insights into Lincoln's antislavery thought and the feral persistence of American racism. No one who reads this superb, provocative book will be tempted to dismiss the depth or sincerity of Lincoln's personal commitment to emancipation.--Fergus M. Bordewich, author of America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union [A] brief, hard-hitting, and clear-eyed book.--John Wilson Christianity Today (04/01/2016) In this penetrating work, Guelzo recovers Lincoln's reputation as the Great Emancipator and invites us to think anew about the legacies of slavery and freedom in America. The result is an important, timely meditation on issues that continue to haunt the nation.--Louis P. Masur, author of Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for Union Guelzo delivers original and tautly argued insights into Lincoln's antislavery thought and the feral persistence of American racism. No one who reads this superb, provocative book will be tempted to dismiss the depth or sincerity of Lincoln's personal commitment to emancipation.--Fergus M. Bordewich, author of America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union Author InformationAllen C. Guelzo is Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |