A Just and Generous Nation
Abraham Lincoln and the Fight for American Opportunity
In A Just and Generous Nation, the eminent historian Harold Holzer and the noted economist Norton Garfinkle present a groundbreaking new account of the beliefs that inspired our sixteenth president to go to war when the Southern states seceded from the Union. Rather than a commitment to eradicating slavery or a defense of the Union, they argue, Lincoln's guiding principle was the defense of equal economic opportunity. Lincoln firmly believed that the government's primary role was to ensure that all Americans had the opportunity to better their station in life. As president, he worked tirelessly to enshrine this ideal within the federal govern…
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Weitere Autoren: Garfinkle, Norton
- ISBN: 978-0-465-07396-2
- EAN: 9780465073962
- Produktnummer: 22913743
- Verlag: Basic Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'831 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Harold Holzer is a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the American Civil War Era. He won the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize and four other awards in 2015 for his book, Lincoln and the Power of the Press. Norton Garfinkle is an economist and chair of the Future of American Democracy Foundation. He lives in New York City.
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