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Online-Ressource
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Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780190218409
Serie:
Pivotal Moments in American History
Inhalt:
What did Abraham Lincoln envision when he talked about ""reconstruction?"" Assassinated in 1865, the president did not have a chance to begin the work of reconciling the North and South, nor to oversee Reconstruction as an official postwar strategy. Yet his final speech, given to thousands gathered in the rain outside the White House on April 11, 1865, gives a clear indication of what Lincoln's postwar policy might have looked like-one that differed starkly from what would emerge in the tumultuous decade that followed. In Lincoln's Last Speech, renowned historian and author Louis P. Masur offe
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Prologue: "Gladness of heart""A large share of thought from the first" -- "Proper, practical relation" -- "A pernicious abstraction" -- "A plan of re-construction" -- "We, the loyal people, differ" -- "Fraught with difficulty" -- "A righteous and speedy peace" -- "The egg is to the fowl" -- Afterword: "the present 'situation'".
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ISBN 0190218401
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ISBN 0190218398
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ISBN 9780190218409
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ISBN 9780190218393
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Print version Lincoln's last speech
Sprache:
Englisch
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