Global Lincoln

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-537911-2
Verlag: OUP US

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 741 g

More than any other American historical figure, Abraham Lincoln towers over the global landscape, a leader who spoke--and continues to speak--to people around the world. The Global Lincoln tells the unknown and remarkable story of this great president's worldwide legacy. Edited by acclaimed Lincoln biographer Richard Carwardine and Jay Sexton, this fascinating volume brings together leading historians from around the globe--including such writers as Harold Holzer, Kenneth O. Morgan, and David W. Blight--to explore the image and influence of Lincoln in places ranging from Germany to Japan, India to Ireland, Africa and Argentina to the American South. The contributors show that the heart of Lincoln's global celebrity lies in his status as the archetypal self-made man, his record of successful leadership in wartime, his role as the "Great Emancipator," and his resolute defense of popular government. Yet "Lincoln" has also been a malleable and protean figure, one who is forever being redefined to meet the needs of those who invoke him, from Marx and Tolstoy to soldiers fighting in the "Lincoln Brigades."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carwardine, Richard

Sexton, Jay

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Global Lincoln
Lincoln's Horizons: The Nationalist as Universalist- Richard Carwardine
An American Hero in Prints Abroad: The European Image of Lincoln- Harold Holzer
Abraham Lincoln in Germany and Italy, 1859-1865- Eugenio F. Biagini
Liberte, Egalite, and Lincoln: French Readings of an American President- Michael Vorenberg
Lincoln, the Civil War, and the British: History and Historiography- Lawrence Goldman
"The stuff our dreams are made of": Abraham Lincoln in the English Imagination- Adam I.P. Smith
Abraham Lincoln and Wales- Kenneth O. Morgan
Abraham Lincoln in Irish Political Discourse- Kevin Kenny
Abraham Lincoln's Image and Reception in Germany, 1871-1989- Jorg Nagler
A Man for All Seasons: Lincoln in Spain- Carolyn P. Boyd
Abraham Lincoln, the Russian Empire, and the American Civil War: People, Events, and Retrospectives- Norman E. Saul
Images of Lincoln in Latin America- Nicola Miller
Lincoln in Africa- Kevin Gaines
Defining a Legacy: Lincoln in the National Imaginary of India- Vinay Lal
Abraham Lincoln in East Asia: A Preliminary Historical Review- De-min Tao
Hating and Loving the "Real" Abe Lincolns: Lincoln and the American South- David W. Blight
Projecting Lincoln, Projecting America- Jay Sexton
Appendix: Foreign Language Biographies of Lincoln- George Scratcher

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Carwardine is President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, and author of Lincoln: A Life of Power and Purpose. Jay Sexton is University Lecturer in American History at Oxford University, and author of The Monroe Doctrine: Empire and Nation in Nineteenth-Century America.