Lincoln and citizenship / Mark E. Steiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steiner, Mark E., author.

Series:

Concise Lincoln Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political and social views.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Relations with African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Citizenship--United States--History--19th century.

Citizenship.

United States--Politics and government--1849-1877.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Exploring Lincoln's evolving views of citizenship. At its most basic level, citizenship is about who belongs to a political community, and for Abraham Lincoln in nineteenth-century America, the answer was in flux. The concept of “fellow citizens,” for Lincoln, encompassed different groups at different times. In this first book focused on the topic, Mark E. Steiner analyzes and contextualizes Lincoln's evolving views about citizenship over the course of his political career.

Contents:

Introduction: "My Fellow Citizens"

1. When Lincoln Whigged Out on Suffrage

2. Lincoln Knew Something

3. A White Man's Republic

4. Dred Scott and Black Citizenship

5. Citizenship and the Civil War

Conclusion: "The Great Task Remaining".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780809338139

0809338130

OCLC:

1178867716