Böcker av Richard Carwardine

In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln promised that the nation's sacrifices during the Civil War would lead to a 'new birth of freedom'. Lincoln's Unfinished Work analyses how the United States has attempted to realize - or subvert - that promise over the past century and a half.

"Abraham Lincoln was the first president consistently to make storytelling and laughter tools of office. This book shows how his uses of humor evolved to fit changing personal circumstances, and explores its versatility, range of expressions, and multiple sources"--

Leader of the anti-slavery Republican coalition and the wartime Union, Abraham Lincoln has become a model of a particular kind of democratic politician who led rather than followed. Richard J. Carwardine examines Lincoln's rise to power and his achievements as US president.

The focus of this book is on English and American evangelicals during the early and mid-19th century, examining the effect of aggressive conversion techniques used by American evangelicals upon the English revival movement.