Lincoln's defense of politics [electronic resource] : the public man and his opponents in the crisis over slavery / Thomas E. Schneider.
2006
E457.2 .S37 2006eb
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Lincoln's defense of politics [electronic resource] : the public man and his opponents in the crisis over slavery / Thomas E. Schneider.
Author
Schneider, Thomas E., 1963-
ISBN
0826216064 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
Language
English
Description
xi, 224 p.
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E457.2 .S37 2006eb
Summary
"Examines six of Lincoln's key opponents (states' rights constitutionalists Alexander H. Stephens, John C. Calhoun, and George Fitzhugh; and abolitionists Henry David Thoreau, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass) to illustrate the broad significance of the slavery question and to highlight the importance of political considerations in public decision making"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
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Table of Contents
A divided Lincoln?
Stephen A. Douglas : the missing constitutional basis
Alexander H. Stephens : slavery, secession, and the higher law
John C. Calhoun : the politics of interest
George Fitzhugh : the turn to history
The attack on Locke
Henry David Thoreau : the question of political engagement
William Lloyd Garrison : from disunionist to Lincoln emancipationist
Frederick Douglass : antislavery constitutionalism and the problem of consent
Freedom, political and economic
Between legalism and the higher law
Lincoln's defense of politics.
Stephen A. Douglas : the missing constitutional basis
Alexander H. Stephens : slavery, secession, and the higher law
John C. Calhoun : the politics of interest
George Fitzhugh : the turn to history
The attack on Locke
Henry David Thoreau : the question of political engagement
William Lloyd Garrison : from disunionist to Lincoln emancipationist
Frederick Douglass : antislavery constitutionalism and the problem of consent
Freedom, political and economic
Between legalism and the higher law
Lincoln's defense of politics.