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Author:

Schwartz, Barry, 1938-

Title:

Abraham Lincoln in the post-heroic era : history and memory in late twentieth-century America / Barry Schwartz.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xvi, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Public opinion.
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Influence.
United States--History--20th century.
Multiculturalism--United States.
Publieke opinie.
Representatie (algemeen)
Collectief geheugen.
Beeldvorming.
Verenigde Staten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-370) and index.

Contents:

Ascension : Lincoln in the Great Depression -- Apex : Lincoln in the Second World War -- Transition : Cold War, racial conflict, and contested images of Lincoln -- Transfiguration : civil rights movement, vanishing savior of the Union -- Erosion : fading prestige, benign ridicule -- Post-heroic era : acids of equality and the waning of greatness -- Inertia : the enduring Lincoln.

ISBN:

0226741885 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226741888 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)222153058

LCCN:

2008026876

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)