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- catalog abstract ""John Patrick Diggins offers a reassessment of American history, emphasizing the foundational role of Abraham Lincoln's moral and political theory. Distressed by the divisive impact of modern identity politics, Diggins argues persuasively that in the central tenets of Lincoln's political faith - the redeeming value of labor and the rights to property and self-determination - we find the purest expression of the values that have united Americans and guided American history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11868338.
- catalog coverage "United States History Philosophy.".
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government Philosophy.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""John Patrick Diggins offers a reassessment of American history, emphasizing the foundational role of Abraham Lincoln's moral and political theory. Distressed by the divisive impact of modern identity politics, Diggins argues persuasively that in the central tenets of Lincoln's political faith - the redeeming value of labor and the rights to property and self-determination - we find the purest expression of the values that have united Americans and guided American history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "America's Extrapolitical Foundations -- Abraham Lincoln: Toward a Synthesis with Foundations -- America's Lockean Moment: The Revolution and the Spirit of '76 -- American Identity in an Age of Political Correctness -- American Exceptionalism -- Of Thee I Sing -- The Pride and the Pain: History in the Classroom and in Public Controversy -- The "Last Best Hope" or the "Suicide of the West"? -- Politics at the Center, Professors at the Peripheries: The Legacy of the 1960s -- Class, Gender, Race: The Hidden Consensus -- What Do Workers Want? -- Outside Demanding In: Women Between Republicanism and Lockeanism -- Black America and the Liberal Tradition -- Conclusion: The "New Self" and the "Tragic Ambiguity."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-321) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 330 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0300082371 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States History Philosophy.".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government Philosophy.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973.7 21".
- catalog subject "E175.9 .D54 2000".
- catalog subject "Enlightenment United States.".
- catalog subject "Liberalism United States.".
- catalog subject "Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Influence.".
- catalog subject "Political culture United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "America's Extrapolitical Foundations -- Abraham Lincoln: Toward a Synthesis with Foundations -- America's Lockean Moment: The Revolution and the Spirit of '76 -- American Identity in an Age of Political Correctness -- American Exceptionalism -- Of Thee I Sing -- The Pride and the Pain: History in the Classroom and in Public Controversy -- The "Last Best Hope" or the "Suicide of the West"? -- Politics at the Center, Professors at the Peripheries: The Legacy of the 1960s -- Class, Gender, Race: The Hidden Consensus -- What Do Workers Want? -- Outside Demanding In: Women Between Republicanism and Lockeanism -- Black America and the Liberal Tradition -- Conclusion: The "New Self" and the "Tragic Ambiguity."".
- catalog title "On hallowed ground : Abraham Lincoln and the foundations of American history / John Patrick Diggins.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".