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Lincoln's tragic pragmatism : Lincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict
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- Creator
- John Burt
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 814 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0674067339, 0674050185, 9780674067332, 9780674050181
- OCLC
- ocn819330030, ocn840444986, ocn783520852
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Lincoln's Peoria speech of 1854 -- Lincoln's conspiracy charge -- Douglas's conspiracy charge -- Douglas's fanaticism charge -- Douglas's racial equality charge -- The Dred Scott Case -- Aftershocks of the debates -- Coda: and the war games
Subjects
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Ethics.
- Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 -- Political and social views.
- Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 -- Ethics.
- Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858.
- Democracy -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
- Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.