| For the Vast Future Also: Essays from the Journal of the Lincoln Association Contributor(s): Schwartz, Thomas F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823219593 ISBN-13: 9780823219599 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: This volume brings together the most informative and thoughtful articles by fourteen accomplished scholars in the Lincoln field. The essays provide compact, detailed treatments of different facets of three general themes: Lincoln and the problems of emancipation, Lincoln and presidential politics, and the Lincoln legacy. Lincoln's views on race are of central interest, and these essays engage that issue from a variety of perspectives. This book offers, both to the scholarly community and to the general public, the writings of such luminaries as John Hope Franklin, James M. McPherson, Don E. Fehrenbacher, T. Harry Williams, Phillip S. Paludan, Harold Hyman, John Niven, William A. Gienapp, Norman B. Ferris, John T. Hubbell, Arthur Zilversmit, Eugene H. Berwanger, Christopher N. Breiseth, and Michael Vorenberg. College and university introductory courses will find this book a valuable summary of, and introduction to, the major issues of the Civil War period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.7 |
| LCCN: 99036818 |
| Series: North's Civil War (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.06" W x 9.16" (1.11 lbs) 267 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For a Vast Future Also: Essays from The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, brings together the most informative and thoughtful articles by fourteen accomplished scholars in the Lincoln field. The essays provide compact, detailed treatments concerning different facets of three general themes: Lincoln and the problems of emancipation; Lincoln and presidential politics; and the Lincoln legacy. Readers of the collection will understand why the Civil War profoundly changed the nation. These essays give insight into how Lincoln and his administration dealt with the profound issues of war and slavery and the continuing legacy of Lincoln and the war. No book or essay collection brings together the writings of such luminaries in the field as John Hope Franklin, James M. McPherson, Don E. Fehrenbacher, T. Harry Williams, Phillip S. Paludan, Harold Hyman, John Niven, William A. Gienapp, Norman B. Ferris, John T. Hubbell, Arthur Zilversmit, Eugene H. Berwanger, Christopher N. Breiseth, and Michael Vorenberg. Researchers now have these valuable essays available in one volume. It offers the general public the distillation of scholarship supported by the Abraham Lincoln Association over the past twenty-five years. And college and university introductory courses will find this book a valuable summary of, and introduction to, the major issues of the Civil War period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schwartz, Thomas F.: - Thomas F. Schwartz is Director of the Electronic Lincoln Presidential Library. In 1998, he was awarded the Lincoln Diploma of Honor from Lincoln Memorial University. He is also editor of For the People: A Newsletter of the Abraham Lincoln Association. |