Abraham Lincoln and the forge of national memory
By: Barry Schwartz.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Public opinion; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Influence; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; National characteristics, American; Social psychology -- United States; Memory -- Social aspects -- United States; Public opinion -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: This text draws on a wide array of materials, painting and sculpture, popular magazines and school textbooks, newspapers and oratory to examine the role that Lincoln's memory has played in American life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-353) and index.