Loathing Lincoln: An American Tradition from the Civil War to the Present
John McKee Barr
The first panoramic study of Lincoln's critics, Barr's work offers an analysis of Lincoln in historical memory and an examination of how his critics -- on both the right and left -- have frequently reflected the anxiety and discontent Americans felt about their lives. From northern abolitionists troubled by the slow pace of emancipation, to Confederates who condemned him as a "black Republican" and despot, to Americans who blamed him for the civil rights movement, to, more recently, libertarians who accuse him of trampling the Constitution and creating the modern welfare state, Lincoln's detractors have always been a vocal minority, but not one without influence.
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Год:
2014
Издательство:
LSU Press
Язык:
english
Страницы:
656
ISBN 10:
0807153869
ISBN 13:
9780807153864
Серия:
Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
Файл:
EPUB, 2.20 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2014