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Abraham Lincoln and the forge of national memory / Barry Schwartz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Barry, 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Public opinion.
- United States.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Public opinion.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Influence.
- National characteristics, American.
- Social psychology--United States.
- Social psychology.
- Memory--Social aspects--United States.
- Memory.
- Memory--Social aspects.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- "Barry Schwartz's graceful prose and penetrating insights illuminate this study of Lincoln and his impact on American culture. This is a comprehensive, exhaustively researched, and shrewdly argued book. Students of history will be reading, and likely debating it, for years".--Harold Holzer, editor of "Lincoln as I Knew Him". 48 halftones.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-353) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226741974
- OCLC:
- 43312493
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