The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views

by Harold Holzer

Book Overview

The Emancipation Proclamation is the most important document of arguably the greatest president in U.S. history. Now, Edna Greene Medford, Frank J. Williams, and Harold Holzer -- eminent experts in their fields -- remember, analyze, and interpret the Emancipation Proclamation in three distinct respects: the influence of and impact upon African Americans; the legal, political, and military exigencies; and the role pictorial images played in establishing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080713144X
• ISBN13: 9780807131442
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 10.3"