A just and generous nation : Abraham Lincoln and the fight for American opportunity
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- A just and generous nation : Abraham Lincoln and the fight for American opportunity
- Title remainder
- Abraham Lincoln and the fight for American opportunity
- Statement of responsibility
- Harold Holzer and Norton Garfinkle
- Subject
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- 1800 - 1899
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
- trueEconomic development
- Economic development
- Economic development -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Economics
- trueEquality
- Equality -- Economic aspects
- Equality -- Economic aspects
- Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- War -- Causes
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views
- Political and social views
- Politics and government
- Social aspects
- trueSocial mobility
- Social mobility
- Social mobility -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States
- trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
- trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In A Just and Generous Nation, the eminent historian Harold Holzer and the noted economist Norton Garfinkle present a groundbreaking new account of the beliefs that inspired our sixteenth president to go to war when the Southern states seceded from the Union. Rather than a commitment to eradicating slavery or a defense of the Union, they argue, Lincoln's guiding principle was the defense of equal economic opportunity. Lincoln firmly believed that the government's primary role was to ensure that all Americans had the opportunity to better their station in life. As president, he worked tirelessly to enshrine this ideal within the federal government. He funded railroads and canals, supported education, and, most importantly, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which opened the door for former slaves to join white Americans in striving for self-improvement. In our own age of unprecedented inequality, A Just and Generous Nation reestablishes Lincoln's legacy as the protector not just of personal freedom but of the American dream itself"--
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- contains biographical information
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- Dewey number
- 973.7092
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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