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400 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm. |
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American political thought |
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American political thought.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-390) and index. |
| Contents |
"The only true sovereign of a free people" -- "We divide into majorities and minorities" -- "The capability of a people to govern themselves" -- "Aroused him as he had never been before": from Kansas-Nebraska to house divided -- "Of strange, discordant, and even, hostile elements": building an antislavery electoral majority -- "The plank is large enough": Lincoln on race, colonization, and coexistence -- "In course of ultimate extinction": strategy for the peaceful end of slavery -- "To declare the right, so that the enforcement might follow": Lincoln's reconstruction of natural right. |
| Summary |
"Sovereign of a Free People examines Lincoln's defense of majority rule, his understanding of its capabilities and limitations, and his hope that slavery could be peacefully and gradually extinguished through the action of a committed national majority. James Read argues that Lincoln offered an innovative account of the interplay between majorities and minorities in the context of crosscutting issues and shifting public opinion-an account that is particularly timely today, with a new minority threatening violence in response to a valid election with which it was dissatisfied"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877.
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Representative government and representation -- United States -- History.
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Democracy -- United States -- History.
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Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (OCoLC)fst00030184
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Democracy (OCoLC)fst00890077
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Political and social views (OCoLC)fst01353986
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Representative government and representation (OCoLC)fst01094941
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Slavery (OCoLC)fst01120426
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United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
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1800-1899
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History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Abraham Lincoln, majority rule, and slavery |
| ISBN |
9780700634774 hardcover |
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0700634770 hardcover |
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9780700634781 electronic book |
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