Abraham Lincoln : icon of ambiguity /: icon of ambiguity. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven Johnston.
• Authors: Johnston, Steven
• Contents: Lincoln's ambiguity -- Lincoln's decisionism and the politics of elimination -- Democratic ironies of Lincoln's cinematic exceptionalism -- A "humble offering": the (first) Lincoln memorial -- Lincoln's persistent racial ambivalence: colonization -- What to the Indian is the Gettysburg Address? -- American exceptionalism or American narcissism? The second inaugural -- Lincoln's tragic revenge.
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 973.7092; History: United States / 19th Century; Philosophy; Political and social views; Presidents; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General; History: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Presidents -- United States -- Biography; United States; Biography; Electronic books; Philosophy; Political and social views
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781442261310; 1442261315
• Related ISBNs: 9781442261303; 1442261307
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.