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035 _a(OCoLC)608937653
050 1 4 _aE457.2
_b.S37 2006eb
100 1 _aSchneider, Thomas E.,
_d1963-
245 1 0 _aLincoln's defense of politics
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe public man and his opponents in the crisis over slavery /
_cThomas E. Schneider.
260 _aColumbia :
_bUniversity of Missouri Press,
_cc2006.
300 _axi, 224 p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
505 0 _aA divided Lincoln? -- Stephen A. Douglas : the missing constitutional basis -- Alexander H. Stephens : slavery, secession, and the higher law -- John C. Calhoun : the politics of interest -- George Fitzhugh : the turn to history -- The attack on Locke -- Henry David Thoreau : the question of political engagement -- William Lloyd Garrison : from disunionist to Lincoln emancipationist -- Frederick Douglass : antislavery constitutionalism and the problem of consent -- Freedom, political and economic -- Between legalism and the higher law -- Lincoln's defense of politics.
520 _a"Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2011.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_xViews on slavery.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_xAdversaries.
650 0 _aSlavery
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aSlavery
_zSouthern States
_xJustification.
650 0 _aAntislavery movements
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aSlaves
_xEmancipation
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1861-1865.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10128995
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c184586
_d184586