The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

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出版社: W.W. Norton & Co.
2012-01
版次: 2
ISBN: 9780393340662
定价: 228.30
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 426页
正文语种: 英语
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  • Winnerofthe2011PulitzerPrizeforHistoryWinnerofthe2011BancroftPrizeFromamasterhistorian,thestoryofLincoln's—andthenation's—transformationthroughthecrucibleofslaveryandemancipation.Inthislandmarkworkofdeepscholarshipandinsight,EricFonergivesusthedefinitivehistoryofLincolnandtheendofslaveryinAmerica.FonerbeginswithLincoln'syouthinIndianaandIllinoisandfollowsthetrajectoryofhiscareeracrossanincreasinglytenseandshiftingpoliticalterrainfromIllinoistoWashington,D.C.Although"naturallyanti-slavery"foraslongashecanremember,LincolnscrupulouslyholdstothepositionthattheConstitutionprotectstheinstitutionintheoriginalslavestates.Butthepoliticallandscapeistransformedin1854whentheKansas-NebraskaActmakestheexpansionofslaveryanationalissue.Amanofconsideredwordsanddeliberateactions,Lincolnnavigatesthedynamicpoliticsdeftly,takingmeasuredsteps,oftenalongapathforgedbyabolitionistsandradicalsinhisparty.LincolnrisestoleadershipinthenewRepublicanPartybycalibratinghispoliticstothebroadestpossibleantislaverycoalition.Aspresidentofadividednationandcommanderinchiefatwar,displayingasimilarcompoundofpragmatismandprinciple,LincolnfinallyembraceswhathecallstheCivilWar's"fundamentalandastounding"result:theimmediate,uncompensatedabolitionofslaveryandrecognitionofblacksasAmericancitizens.Foner'sLincolnemergesasaleader,onewhosegreatnessliesinhiscapacityformoralandpoliticalgrowththroughrealengagementwithalliesandcriticsalike.Thispowerfulworkwilltransformourunderstandingofthenation'sgreatestpresidentandtheissuethatmatteredmost. EricFoneristhepre-eminenthistorianofhisgeneration.Fonerishighlyrespectedbyhistoriansofeverystripe—whethertheyspecializeinpoliticalhistoryorsocialhistory.Hisbookshavewonthetopawardsintheprofession,andhehasbeenpresidentofbothmajorhistoryorganizations—theAmericanHistoricalAssociationandtheOrganizationofAmericanHistorians.HehasworkedoneverydetailofGiveMeLiberty!,whichdisplaysallofhistrademarkstrengthsasascholar,teacher,andwriter.AspecialistontheCivilWar/Reconstructionperiod,Fonerregularlyteachesthe19thcenturysurveyatColumbiaUniversity,whereheisDeWittClintonProfessorofHistory.Hislatesttradetitle,TheFieryTrial:AbrahamLincolnandAmericanSlavery,wonnumerousawardsincludingtheLincolnPrize,BancroftAward,andthePulitzerPrize.
  • 内容简介:
    Winnerofthe2011PulitzerPrizeforHistoryWinnerofthe2011BancroftPrizeFromamasterhistorian,thestoryofLincoln's—andthenation's—transformationthroughthecrucibleofslaveryandemancipation.Inthislandmarkworkofdeepscholarshipandinsight,EricFonergivesusthedefinitivehistoryofLincolnandtheendofslaveryinAmerica.FonerbeginswithLincoln'syouthinIndianaandIllinoisandfollowsthetrajectoryofhiscareeracrossanincreasinglytenseandshiftingpoliticalterrainfromIllinoistoWashington,D.C.Although"naturallyanti-slavery"foraslongashecanremember,LincolnscrupulouslyholdstothepositionthattheConstitutionprotectstheinstitutionintheoriginalslavestates.Butthepoliticallandscapeistransformedin1854whentheKansas-NebraskaActmakestheexpansionofslaveryanationalissue.Amanofconsideredwordsanddeliberateactions,Lincolnnavigatesthedynamicpoliticsdeftly,takingmeasuredsteps,oftenalongapathforgedbyabolitionistsandradicalsinhisparty.LincolnrisestoleadershipinthenewRepublicanPartybycalibratinghispoliticstothebroadestpossibleantislaverycoalition.Aspresidentofadividednationandcommanderinchiefatwar,displayingasimilarcompoundofpragmatismandprinciple,LincolnfinallyembraceswhathecallstheCivilWar's"fundamentalandastounding"result:theimmediate,uncompensatedabolitionofslaveryandrecognitionofblacksasAmericancitizens.Foner'sLincolnemergesasaleader,onewhosegreatnessliesinhiscapacityformoralandpoliticalgrowththroughrealengagementwithalliesandcriticsalike.Thispowerfulworkwilltransformourunderstandingofthenation'sgreatestpresidentandtheissuethatmatteredmost.
  • 作者简介:
    EricFoneristhepre-eminenthistorianofhisgeneration.Fonerishighlyrespectedbyhistoriansofeverystripe—whethertheyspecializeinpoliticalhistoryorsocialhistory.Hisbookshavewonthetopawardsintheprofession,andhehasbeenpresidentofbothmajorhistoryorganizations—theAmericanHistoricalAssociationandtheOrganizationofAmericanHistorians.HehasworkedoneverydetailofGiveMeLiberty!,whichdisplaysallofhistrademarkstrengthsasascholar,teacher,andwriter.AspecialistontheCivilWar/Reconstructionperiod,Fonerregularlyteachesthe19thcenturysurveyatColumbiaUniversity,whereheisDeWittClintonProfessorofHistory.Hislatesttradetitle,TheFieryTrial:AbrahamLincolnandAmericanSlavery,wonnumerousawardsincludingtheLincolnPrize,BancroftAward,andthePulitzerPrize.
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