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Lincoln's last speech : wartime reconstruction and the crisis of reunion / Louis P. Masur.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Masur, Louis P., author.
- Series:
- Pivotal moments in American history.
- Pivotal Moments in American History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- United States.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Views on reconstruction.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Louis P. Masur uses Abraham Lincoln's final public address in April 1865 to trace the debate over reconstruction policies from the earliest days of the Civil War.
- Contents:
- Prologue: "Gladness of heart"
- "A large share of thought from the first"
- "Proper, practical relation"
- "A pernicious abstraction"
- "A plan of re-construction"
- "We, the loyal people, differ"
- "Fraught with difficulty"
- "A righteous and speedy peace"
- "The egg is to the fowl"
- Epilogue: "the present 'situation'".
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-021841-X
- 0-19-021840-1
- OCLC:
- 903962240
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