American public philosophy and the mystery of Lincolnism (Record no. 215581)

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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 973.7092
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Sands, Eric C.,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title American public philosophy and the mystery of Lincolnism
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Columbia :
Name of publisher University of Missouri Press,
Year of publication c2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages ix, 222 p.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The public philosophy and the study of ideas -- Lincoln's public philosophy -- The demise of Lincolnism -- The radical Republicans and public philosophy politics -- Moderate Republicans and non-foundationalism -- The Democrats' dilemma -- The political consequences of transitional politics -- Conclusion: Lincolnism, public philosophy, and American politics.
520 2# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Examines why the Republican Party was unable to sustain Lincoln's ideas and why neither Republicans nor Democrats were able to formulate an alternative public philosophy to Lincolnism. Sand describes how radical Republicans and purist Democrats battled for control of America's public philosophy, and how moderate Republicans and legitimist Democrats placed issue and policy debates over ideology"--Provided by publisher.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Political science
Topical Term Political science
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10364858

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