Lincoln in American memory

Lincoln in American memory / Merrill D. Peterson.

In tracing the changing image of Abraham Lincoln over the decades, this wide-ranging study offers insight into the evolution and struggles of American politics and society.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Merrill D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Influence.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Historiography.
Lincoln, Abraham, > (1809-1865) > Opinion publique.
Lincoln, Abraham.
Presidents > America.
HISTORY.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Presidents
Gedachtenis.
Rezeption
Mémoire collective > États-Unis.
America
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Apotheosis
  • 2. Shapings in the Postwar Years. Lincoln, Reconstruction, and the South. Book, Portraits, and Monuments. The Early Biographers: Herndon and Others
  • 3. Filling Up the Image. The Flood of Reminiscence. Aspects of Character. First Culmination: Nicolay and Hay and Others
  • 4. To the Afterwar Generation. Lincolniana: The Collectors and Ida Tarbell. The Political Lincoln. The Negroes' Lincoln. The Centennial
  • 5. Themes and Variations. The International Lincoln. Temple and Icon. Religion. Ancestry. Controversies Old and New
  • 6. From Memory to History. Organizing the Lincoln Enterprise. Second Culmination: Sandburg, Beveridge, and Others. The Minor Affair. The Historians' Lincoln
  • 7. Zenith. "What Would Lincoln Do?" Historians' Encounters. Civil Rights and Civil Religion. Lincoln at 150
  • 8. Lincoln Everlasting.

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