Lincoln on Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lincoln on Democracy write by Abraham Lincoln. This book was released on 1990. Lincoln on Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Back in print after many years, this unique book brings together 141 speeches, speech excerpts, letters, fragments, and other writings by Abraham Lincoln on the theme of democracy. Selected by leading historians, the writings include such standards as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, but also such little-seen documents as a letter assuring a general that the President felt safe - drafted just three days before Lincoln's assassination in 1865." "In this annotated resource, Lincoln's writings are grouped into seven sections that chronicle the growth of Lincoln's ideas on the fundamental issues of democracy, from his first political campaign in 1832 to his death in 1865. Each section features a detailed introduction written by a well-known historian." "In addition, each section title page displays a photograph of Lincoln from the period covered in that section, with a paragraph describing the source and the occasion for which the photograph was made. The editors have also written a new preface that offers a fresh assessment of the impact of Lincoln's classic statements."--BOOK JACKET.
Lincoln on Democracy
Lincoln on Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lincoln on Democracy write by Abraham Lincoln. This book was released on 1990. Lincoln on Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On cover: His own words, with essays by America's foremost Civil War historians.
Our Secret Constitution
Our Secret Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Our Secret Constitution write by George P. Fletcher. This book was released on 2003-01-16. Our Secret Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Americans hate and distrust their government. At the same time, Americans love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He argues that we have two constitutions--still living side by side--one that caters to freedom and fear, the other that satisfied our needs for security and social justice. The first constitution came into force in 1789. It stresses freedom, voluntary association, and republican elitism. The second constitution begins with the Gettysburg Address and emphasizes equality, organic nationhood, and popular democracy. These radical differences between our two constitutions explain our ambivalence and self-contradictory attitudes toward government. With September 11 the second constitution--which Fletcher calls the Secret Constitution--has become ascendant. When America is under threat, the nation cultivates its solidarity. It overcomes its fear and looks to government for protection and the pursuit of social justice. Lincoln's messages of a strong government and a nation that must "long endure" have never been more relevant to American politics. "Fletcher's argument has intriguing implications beyond the sweeping subject of this profoundly thought-provoking book."--The Denver Post
Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy
Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy write by Nicholas Buccola. This book was released on 2016. Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An ideologically and methodologically diverse group of scholars reflect on the nature and significance of Abraham Lincoln's political thought. Although viewing Lincoln from different perspectives and through different lenses, the contributors to this volume coalesce around the idea that Lincoln's political thought has enduring relevance for how we think about liberal democracy.
The Democracy of Abraham Lincoln
The Democracy of Abraham Lincoln - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Democracy of Abraham Lincoln write by Henry Cabot Lodge. This book was released on 1913. The Democracy of Abraham Lincoln available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
