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Abraham Lincoln and White America
Brian R. Dirck
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Description for Abraham Lincoln and White America
Paperback. A provocative examination of what "white" meant in Lincoln's time and what it meant to Lincoln himself. Proposes a new understanding of how Lincoln viewed whiteness as a distinct racial category that influenced his policies. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFSL1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
As ""Savior of the Union"" and the ""Great Emancipator,"" Abraham Lincoln has been lauded for his courage, wisdom, and moral fiber. Yet Frederick Douglass's assertion that Lincoln was the ""white man's president"" has been used by some detractors as proof of his fundamentally racist character. Viewed objectively, Lincoln was a white man's president by virtue of his own whiteness and that of the culture that produced him. Until now, however, historians have rarely explored just what this means for our understanding of the man and his actions.
Writing at the vanguard of ""whiteness studies,"" Brian Dirck considers Lincoln ... Read more
As ""Savior of the Union"" and the ""Great Emancipator,"" Abraham Lincoln has been lauded for his courage, wisdom, and moral fiber. Yet Frederick Douglass's assertion that Lincoln was the ""white man's president"" has been used by some detractors as proof of his fundamentally racist character. Viewed objectively, Lincoln was a white man's president by virtue of his own whiteness and that of the culture that produced him. Until now, however, historians have rarely explored just what this means for our understanding of the man and his actions.
Writing at the vanguard of ""whiteness studies,"" Brian Dirck considers Lincoln ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700621118
SKU
V9780700621118
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About Brian R. Dirck
Brian R. Dirck is professor of history at Anderson University, USA, author of Lincoln & Davis: Imagining America, 1809–1865 and Lincoln the Lawyer, and editor of Lincoln Emancipated: The President and the Politics of Race.
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