1. The Period of Lincoln

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. 1. The Period of Lincoln 1
6. 2. Lincoln as a Writer 36
7. 3. Lincoln’s Political Religion of Human Equality 53
8. 4. Race and Human Equality 87
9. 5. Lincoln and the Constitution 105
10. 6. Lincoln’s Doctrine of Military Necessity in the Civil War 132
11. 7. Lincoln’s World Outlook 179
12. Abbreviations 221
13. Bibliography 223
14. Index 227