A Just and Generous Nation: Abraham Lincoln and the Fight for American Opportunity

by Norton Garfinkle and Harold Holzer

Book Overview

In A Just and Generous Nation , the eminent historian Harold Holzer and the noted economist Norton Garfinkle present a groundbreaking new account of the beliefs that inspired our sixteenth president to go to war when the Southern states seceded from the Union. Rather than a commitment to eradicating slavery or a defense of the Union, they argue, Lincoln's guiding principle was the defense of equal economic opportunity. Lincoln firmly believed that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465028306
• ISBN13: 9780465028306
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"