The age of Lincoln and the art of American power, 1848-1876 /
Nester, William R.,1956-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-354) and index.
Part I. Manifest Destiny, 1848-1860 -- Eighteen forty-eight -- Young Lincoln -- Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Bleeding Kansas -- Dred Scott and Harper's Ferry -- The election -- Part II. Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Limited war -- Emancipation -- The Hamiltonian triumph -- Turning points -- Total war -- With malice toward none -- Part III. Reconstruction, 1865-1876 -- Revolution -- Night-riders and black codes -- Frontiers -- Eighteen seventy-six -- Legacy.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Power (Social sciences)
Manifest Destiny.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)