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020			_a9781139034784 (ebook)
020			_z9780521897280 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _cUkCbUP _erda
245	0	0	_aLincoln : _bPolitical Writings and Speeches / _cEdited by Terence Ball.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (303 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520			_aAbraham Lincoln occupies a unique place in the American pantheon. Symbol, sage, myth and martyr, he is an American icon – Honest Abe and The Great Emancipator, a Janus-faced demigod sculpted in marble. But this is the post-assassination Lincoln. During his lifetime Lincoln elicited very different reactions. The writings and speeches presented in this scholarly edition illuminate Lincoln as a political thinker in the context of his own time and political situation. Opening with a concise yet rich introduction, the texts that follow are complete and carefully edited, with extensive annotation and footnotes to provide a clearer insight into Lincoln the man, the politician and political thinker. His views on race and slavery, on secession and civil war and on the contradiction (as his saw it) between the Declaration of Independence ('all men are created equal') and the original Constitution (which condones slavery) are laid out in Lincoln's own well-crafted words.
700	1		_aBall, Terence, _eeditor of compilation.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521897280
830		0	_aCambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139034784
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