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Lincoln's tragic pragmatism : Lincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict
Title:
Lincoln's tragic pragmatism : Lincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict
Author:
Burt, John, 1955-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
xvii, 814 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction: implicitness and moral conflict -- Lincoln's Peoria speech of 1854 -- Lincoln's conspiracy charge -- Douglas's conspiracy charge -- Douglas's fanaticism charge -- Douglas's racial equality charge -- The Dred Scott Case -- Aftershocks of the debates -- Coda: and the war games.
ISBN:
9780674050181
Format :
Book