Abraham Lincoln and His Times

A Sourcebook on His Life, His Presidency, Slavery and Civil War

Thomas J. Ebert, Allen Carden (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8844-2 (ISBN)

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Lincoln’s significance in the history of slavery and emancipation, the Union’s preservation and the formation of a new national vision is unquestionably crucial to comprehending the antebellum and Civil War periods. This is a hybrid reference work that combines chronology with almost 400 primary source papers to contextualize Lincoln’s life.

Lincoln's significance in the history of slavery and emancipation, the Union's preservation and the formation of a new national vision is unquestionably crucial to comprehending the antebellum and Civil War periods in American history. This is a one-of-a-kind hybrid reference work that combines chronology with almost 400 primary source papers to contextualize Lincoln's life within his historical era.

These written materials serve as the foundation upon which historians can construct a picture of Lincoln's America. In addition to important chronology and documents, this work includes introductory essays that summarize the topics of each chapter, a biographical section that includes brief biographies of those referenced in the book, and a source bibliography. Historical records are the heart of this work, which is intended for both expert and novice historians. Documents illustrate different viewpoints, to provide a full grasp of the time and place, as well as Lincoln's significance during this era.

Thomas J. Ebert is a retired reference and documents librarian at California State University, Fresno where he also served as associate vice president for academic personnel. He lives in Clovis, California. Allen Carden is a professor of history and former president of Fresno Pacific University. He wrote a book on the history of emancipation and was the coauthor with Thomas J. Ebert of a scholarly biography of Lincoln's private secretary, John George Nicolay.

Table of Contents
List of Documents ix
Abbreviations of Sources xvi
Preface 1
Chapter
Introduction • The Formative Years, 1809–1850 7
Chapter
Introduction • Sectionalism and Political Ambition, 1851–February 26, 1860 56
Chapter
Introduction • The Presidency Won, the Union Shattered, February 27, 1860–April 11, 1861 107
Chapter
Introduction • War Begins, April 12–December 31, 1861 159
Chapter
Introduction • 1862: The Year That Transformed America 205
Chapter
Introduction • 1863: No Turning Back 251
Chapter
Introduction • 1864: War Weariness and Uncertainty 295
Chapter
Introduction • 1865–1866: Victory and Aftermath, So Many Loose Ends 343
Appendix: Biographical Sketches 395
Bibliography 431
Index 435

Erscheinungsdatum	31.08.2022
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-8844-3 / 1476688443
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8844-2 / 9781476688442
Zustand	Neuware