Crisis of the House Divided An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 50th Anniversary Edition

Name: Crisis of the House Divided An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 50th Anniversary Edition
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ISBN: 9780226391182

ISBN-10: 0226391183

ISBN-13: 9780226391182

Edition: 50th 2009 (Enlarged)

Authors: Harry V. Jaffa, H. V. Jaffa

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Crisis of the House Dividedis the standard historiography of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Harry Jaffa provides the definitive analysis of the political principles that guided Lincoln from his reentry into politics in 1854 through his Senate campaign against Douglas in 1858. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the original publication, Jaffa has provided a new introduction."Crisis of the House Dividedhas shaped the thought of a generation of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War scholars."Mark E. Needly, Jr.,Civil War History"An important book about one of the great episodes in the history of the sectional controversy. It breaks new ground and opens a new view of Lincoln's significance as a…

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List price: $24.00
Edition: 50th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Harry V. Jaffa is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Political Philosophy Emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University, a Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute, and the author of ten books. He lives in Claremont, California.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introductory



1958: The Crisis in Historical Judgment



1858: Lincoln versus Douglas. The Alternatives



The Case For Douglas



Slavery



Manifest Destiny



The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise I. The Legal Power and Practical Impotence of Federal Prohibitions of Slavery in the Territories



The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise II. Did the Compromise of 1850 "Supersede" the Missouri Compromise?



The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise III. What Douglas Intended on January 4, 1854



The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise IV. Tragedy. The Extremes Crush the Mean



The Political Philosophy of a Young Whig



The Teaching Concerning Political Salvation



The Teaching Concerning Political Moderation



The Case For Lincoln



The Legal Tendency toward Slavery Expansion



The Political Tendency toward Slavery Expansion



The Intrinsic Evil of the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise



The Universal Meaning of the Declaration of Independence



The Form and Substance of Political Freedom in the Modern World



Popular Sovereignty: True and False



The Meaning of Equality: Abstract and Practical



The "Natural Limits" of Slavery Expansion



Did the Republicans Abandon Lincoln's Principles after the Election of 1860?



The End of Manifest Destiny


Notes


Appendices



Some of the Historical Background to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates



Some Notes on the Dred Scott Decision


Index