Lincoln and the Economics of the American DreamThis unique exploration of Lincoln's economic beliefs shows how they helped shape his view of slavery, his conduct of the war, and most fundamentally his understanding of what the United States was and could become. |
Contents
Adventures in Quest of Advancement | 1 |
But It Is Pretty to See What Money Will Do | 13 |
Hermes Reader | 25 |
Egyptian Locust | 41 |
Dead Point | 51 |
The Log Cabin and The Bank | 63 |
Et In Arcadia Ego | 79 |
On the Road to Paradise | 93 |
The Whig in The White House Part I | 195 |
The Whig in The White House Part II | 215 |
The Business of Peacemaking | 233 |
The Most Difficult Question | 255 |
The Backwoods Jupiter | 267 |
Watchman What of The Night? | 275 |
Historiographica1 Essay Lincoln God and Man | 289 |
Abbreviations used in the footnotes and the bibliography | 313 |
Foolscap Halfsheets | 109 |
The Beautiful Lonely Science | 121 |
Gods Politica1 Economy | 137 |
Book II | 153 |
The Fruit of Labor | 155 |
In The Shadow of Slavery | 175 |
Notes | 314 |
Bibliography | 365 |
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