The global Lincoln / edited by Richard Carwardine and Jay Sexton.

Other author Carwardine, Richard.
Other author Sexton, Jay, 1978-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The global Lincoln / Richard Carwardine and Jay Sexton -- Lincoln's horizons : the nationalist as universalist / Richard Carwardine -- An American hero in prints abroad : the European image of Lincoln / Harold Holzer -- "The principle of humanity" : Lincoln in Germany and Italy, 1859-1865 / Eugenio F. Biagini -- Liberté, égalité, and Lincoln : French readings of an American president / Michael Vorenberg -- "A total misconception" : Lincoln, the Civil War, and the British, 1860-1865 / Lawrence Goldman -- "The stuff our dreams are made of" : Lincoln in the English imagination / Adam I.P. Smith -- Kentucky's "cottage-bred man" : Abraham Lincoln and Wales / Kenneth O. Morgan -- "Freedom and unity" : Lincoln in Irish political discourse / Kevin Kenny -- Defining a legacy : Lincoln in the national imaginary of India / Vinay Lal -- A man for all seasons : Lincoln in Spain / Carolyn P. Boyd -- "That great and gentle soul" : images of Lincoln in Latin America / Nicola Miller -- "A standard of our thought and action" : Lincoln's reception in East Asia / De-Min Tao -- National unity and liberty : Lincoln's image and reception in Germany, 1871-1989 / Jörg Nagler -- From colonization to anti-colonialism : Lincoln in Africa / Kevin Gaines -- Hating and loving the "real" Abe Lincolns : Lincoln and the American South / David W. Blight -- Projecting Lincoln, projecting America / Jay Sexton.
General note"An Oxford University/Rothermere American Institute book".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011006172
ISBN9780195379112 (alk. paper)
ISBN019537911X (alk. paper)