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A new birth of freedom : Abraham Lincoln and the coming of the Civil War Harry V. Jaffa
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Biog. E 459 .J34 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaffa, Harry V.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Inauguration, 1861.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1860.
- Presidents.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 549 p. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2000.
- Contents:
- The election of 1800 and the election of 1860
- The Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and historians
- The divided American mind on the eve of conflict: James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, and Alexander Stephens survey the crisis
- The mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the argument and action of the debate that shaped it, I
- The mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the argument and action of the debate that shaped it, II
- July 4, 1861: Lincoln tells why the Union must be preserved
- Slavery, succession, and state rights: the political teaching of John C. Calhoun
- Appendix: "The dividing line between Federal and local authority: popular sovereignty in the territories": a commentary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-535) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The James Buchanan Presidential Library.
- ISBN:
- 0847699528 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 43894284
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