Our secret constitution : how Lincoln redefined American democracy

Our secret constitution : how Lincoln redefined American democracy / George P. Fletcher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fletcher, George P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
United States. > Constitution. > 13th-15th Amendments.
Constitution (United States)
1861-1865
Constitutional history > United States.
Constitutional amendments > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Constitutional amendments
Constitutional history
Political and social views
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Argument for the Secret Constitution
  • 1. Redemption Under Law
  • 2. Radical Gettysburg
  • 3. Nationhood
  • 4. Loyalty and Betrayal
  • 5. Equality
  • 6. The Revolution That Never Was
  • 7. Equality Without Vision
  • 8. A Maxim of Justice: Its Birth and Rebirth
  • 9. The Secret Constitution Resurgent
  • 10. Government as Partner Against the Past
  • 11. Neither Blue Nor Gray
  • Afterword: Election Blues 2000.

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