Abraham Lincoln in the post-heroic era : history and memory in late twentieth-century America / Barry Schwartz.

Author/creator Schwartz, Barry, 1938-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Descriptionxvi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Ascension : Lincoln in the Great Depression -- Apex : Lincoln in the Second World War -- Transition : Cold War, racial conflict, and contested images of Lincoln -- Transfiguration : civil rights movement, vanishing savior of the Union -- Erosion : fading prestige, benign ridicule -- Post-heroic era : acids of equality and the waning of greatness -- Inertia : the enduring Lincoln.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-370) and index.
LCCN 2008026876
ISBN9780226741888 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226741885 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E 457.2 .S383 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold