02122nam a22003138a 4500 CR9781139034784 UkCbUP 20171019154628.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110301s2012||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139034784 (ebook) 9780521897280 (hardback) 9780521722261 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda Lincoln : Political Writings and Speeches / Edited by Terence Ball. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Abraham Lincoln occupies a unique place in the American pantheon. Symbol, sage, myth and martyr, he is an American icon – Honest Abe and The Great Emancipator, a Janus-faced demigod sculpted in marble. But this is the post-assassination Lincoln. During his lifetime Lincoln elicited very different reactions. The writings and speeches presented in this scholarly edition illuminate Lincoln as a political thinker in the context of his own time and political situation. Opening with a concise yet rich introduction, the texts that follow are complete and carefully edited, with extensive annotation and footnotes to provide a clearer insight into Lincoln the man, the politician and political thinker. His views on race and slavery, on secession and civil war and on the contradiction (as his saw it) between the Declaration of Independence ('all men are created equal') and the original Constitution (which condones slavery) are laid out in Lincoln's own well-crafted words. Ball, Terence, editor of compilation. Print version: 9780521897280 Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139034784 228166 228166