Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 50th Anniversary Edition - Softcover

Jaffa, Harry V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145962761X ISBN 13: 9781459627611

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2012

Synopsis

Crisis of the House Divided is the standard historiography of the Lincoln - Douglas debates. Harry Jaffa provides the definitive analysis of the political principles that guided Lincoln from his reentry into politics in 1854 through his Senate campaign against Douglas in 1858. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the original publication, Jaffa has provided a new introduction.

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From the Author

Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This indispensable work explains the issues central to the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the clash between popular sovereignty and natural rights that was at the center of the debate over slavery. Includes insightful analyses of Lincoln's "House Divided" speech and the Gettysburg Address.

About the Author

Harry V. Jaffa is the Henry Salvatori Research Professor of Political Philosophy emeritus, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont Graduate School, and Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 145962761X
• ISBN 13: 9781459627611
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 732