TY - BOOK AB - "In a remarkable reappraisal of Lincoln, distinguished historian Burton shows how the Kentucky-born president's Southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right protected by the rule of law. In the violent decades that followed, the extent of that freedom would be contested by racism and unregulated capitalism, but not its central place in what defined the country"--From publisher description. AU - Burton, Orville Vernon. CN - E415.7 CN - E415.7 CY - New York : DA - 2007. ET - 1st ed. ID - 334917 KW - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006037960.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0705/2006037960-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0705/2006037960-d.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0739/2006037960-s.html N2 - "In a remarkable reappraisal of Lincoln, distinguished historian Burton shows how the Kentucky-born president's Southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right protected by the rule of law. In the violent decades that followed, the extent of that freedom would be contested by racism and unregulated capitalism, but not its central place in what defined the country"--From publisher description. PB - Hill and Wang, PP - New York : PY - 2007. SN - 9780809095131 (alk. paper) SN - 0809095130 (alk. paper) SN - 9780809023851 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 0809023857 (pbk. : alk. paper) T1 - The age of Lincoln / TI - The age of Lincoln / UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006037960.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0705/2006037960-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0705/2006037960-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0739/2006037960-s.html ER -