| The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 Contributor(s): Angle, Paul M. (Editor), Lincoln, Abraham (Author), Douglas, Stephen a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226020843 ISBN-13: 9780226020846 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1991 Annotation: The Lincoln-Douglas debates remain our culture's model of what public debate ought to be. This new edition of the complete transcripts of the debates and eyewitness interpretations of them (previously published under the title Created Equal?) includes a new Foreword by David Zarefsky. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.680 |
| LCCN: 90019583 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.11" W x 9.02" (1.20 lbs) 470 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Lincoln-Douglas debates remain our culture's model of what public political debate ought to be. This new edition of the complete transcripts of the debates and eyewitness interpretations of them (previously published under the title Created Equal?) includes a new Foreword by David Zarefsky. Zarefsky analyzes the rhetoric of the speeches, showing how Lincoln and Douglas chose their arguments and initiated a debate that shook the nation. Their eloquent, statesmanlike discussion of the morality of slavery illustrates the masterful use of rhetorical strategies and tactics in the public forum: a form of discourse that has nearly disappeared from the political scene today. |