Lincoln and Citizenship

by Mark E Steiner and Mark E. Steiner

Exploring Lincoln's Evolving Views of Citizenship

At its most basic level, citizenship is about who belongs to a political community, and for Abraham Lincoln in nineteenth-century America, the answer was in flux. The concept of "fellow citizens," for Lincoln, encompassed different groups at different times. In this first book focused on the topic, Mark E. Steiner analyzes and contextualizes Lincoln's evolving views about citizenship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809338122
• ISBN13: 9780809338122
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"