Titles
- Lincoln And Davis
- American Political Thought
Attribution
Brian R. DirckPublication Details
BookUniversity Press of Kansas2001Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E457.2 .D57 2001 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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The first comprehensive and detailed study to compare the two men’s national imaginations, Dirck’s study provides a provocative analysis of how their everyday lives–the influence of fathers and friends, jobs and homes–worked in complex ways to shape Lincoln’s and Davis’s perceptions of what the American nation was supposed to be and could become and how those images could reject or accommodate the institution of slavery. Dirck contends that Lincoln subscribed to the notion of a “nation of strangers” in which people never really knew one another’s hearts, reflecting his wariness of sentimental attachment, while Davis held to a “community of sentiment” based on honor and comradeship that depended a great deal on emotional bonding. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Lincoln, Abraham, — 1809-1865
- Davis, Jefferson, — 1808-1889
- Lincoln, Abraham, — 1809-1865 — Political and social views
- Davis, Jefferson, — 1808-1889 — Political and social views
- Presidents — United States — Biography
- Presidents — Confederate States of America — Biography
- Nationalism — United States — History — 19th century
- Nationalism — Confederate States of America — History
- National characteristics, American
- United States — Politics and government — 1861-1865
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Contents
- Introduction
- Prologue
- Fathers
- Friends
- Jobs
- Homes
- Speeches
- Patriots
- Declarations
- Parties - - Insurgents
- Presidents
- Faiths
- Wars
- Others
- Conclusion
- Notes
ISBN
- 0700611371
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