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

Schwartz, Barry, 1938-

Abraham Lincoln in the post-heroic era history and memory in late twentieth-century America / [electronic resource] : Barry Schwartz. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008. - xvi, 394 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-370) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Public opinion.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Influence.


Presidents--United States--Biography.
Multiculturalism--United States.


United States--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

E457.2 / .S383 2008

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