Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution

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"Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution" is a historical analysis by James M. McPherson that examines how Lincoln’s leadership and policies transformed the Civil War into a revolutionary remaking of American society and politics.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical analysis ⓘ
academicDiscipline American studies ⓘ
history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
author James M. McPherson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
focusesOn Emancipation Proclamation ⓘ
Lincoln’s leadership ⓘ
Union war aims ⓘ
remaking of American politics ⓘ
remaking of American society ⓘ
transformation of the Civil War into a revolutionary conflict ⓘ
format print ⓘ
genre Civil War studies ⓘ
history ⓘ
hasPart essay collection ⓘ
hasTheme end of slavery in the United States ⓘ
evolution of Union war aims ⓘ
presidential leadership in crisis ⓘ
revolutionary change ⓘ
war and social transformation ⓘ
historicalPerspective interpretation of the Civil War as a second American Revolution ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers interested in the Civil War ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
students of American history ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm nonfiction ⓘ
mainSubject Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
American Civil War ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party

United States politics ⓘ
emancipation ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
notableFor arguing that Lincoln’s policies had revolutionary consequences ⓘ
linking emancipation to broader social transformation ⓘ
publicationYear 1990s ⓘ
publisher Oxford University Press ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 19th century ⓘ
American Civil War era ⓘ

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James M. McPherson → notableWork → Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution ⓘ
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief → relatedWork → Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution ⓘ