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9780252064456 Academic Inspection Copy

Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream

  • ISBN-13: 9780252064456
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Gabor S. Boritt
  • Price: AUD $51.99
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  • Local release date: 16/03/1994
  • Format: Paperback 416 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History [HB]
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This unique exploration of Lincoln's economic beliefs shows how they helped shape his view of slavery, his conduct of the war, and most fundamentally his understanding of what the United States was and could become. ''A comprehensive and enlightening survey of the evolution of Lincoln's economic thought.''-- Reviews in American History ''Boritt illuminates Lincoln's understanding of 'equality' as well as the meaning of the concept in Lincoln's political economy.''-- New York Review of Books ''This is a rare book that deserves superlatives . . . brilliant and original''-- Pennsylvania Magazine of History ''A major contribution.''-- Journal of Economic History
''Dramatically opens up Lincoln's 'political economy'... Almost any realistic view of the greatest of American presidents and the revolution he wrought begins with this book.'' -- Civil War News. ''Comprehensive and enlightening.'' -- Reviews in American History. ''Brilliantly independent... Elegantly written ... the best on Lincoln in many, many years.'' -- Mark E. Neely, Jr., The Lincoln Lore
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