David Brion Davis Editor (19 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ships quickly. Mild shelf/reading wear. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Has one name blacked out, and another previous owner's name; else in clean, tight, and smooth condition.

Condition: VERY GOOD. Trade paperback. A selection of papers, by authors including Martin Duberman, Lee Benson, John Thomas, Davis, and others, looking at different aspects of the topic. A title in the 'Interpretations of American History' series. Very good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 180 clean, unmarked pages.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Cover shows scuffing at edges. Previious owner sticker inside front cover. There is underlining mostly in the last chapter. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. A good softcover copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean but has mildly yellowed. Softcovers are good. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Small tear to jacket. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Clean, unmarked pages.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

paperback. Condition: New. My shelf location bn8-f-17.

Paperback. Condition: As New. [Interesting provenance: From the private library of renowned historian, Philip D. Morgan.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Contemporary signature of Morgan on front end page, else unmarked. From the professional library of Dr. Philip D. Morgan, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Morgan specializes in the African-American experience, the history of slavery, the early Caribbean, and the study of the early Atlantic world. Morgan is the author of more than 14 books on Colonial America and African American history. He has won both the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize for his book Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (1998).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition silver gray boards with navy blue cloth spine and red spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication and Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Notes and Contributors. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, black-and-white drawings and a black-and-white photographic frontispiece. Signed by the author/editor, Gabor S. Boritt, with black pen at the center of the blank first free front endpaper. "It was Lincoln who said, "All this talk about the dissolution of the Union is humbug, nothing by folly." It was Loncoln whom abolitionist William Lloyd Farrison dismissed as "nothing better than a wet rag." And it was Loncoln who once argued, "Any people anywhere, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government .Any portion of such people may revolutionize, and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit." Clearly there was far more to this man - and his era - than meets the eye. In Lincoln, the War President, no fewer than five Pulitzer Prize-winning historians - Carl Degler, James McPherson, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., David Brion Davis, and Robert Bruce - join eminent historian Kenneth Stampp and editor Gabor Boritt to offer a fresh look at how Lincoln confronted the central issues of the Civil War era, throwing sharp new light on the revolutionary changes he helped usher in. Kenneth Stampp explores the issue of self-determination, illuminating Lincoln's views and comparing the South's struggle for independence to others in history (including the post-Soviet situation in eastern Europe). Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., offers a provocative comparison of how Lincoln and our other outstanding are president, FDR, went beyond the limits of the Constitution in defense of the nation and freedom - as they understood them. David Brion Davis focuses on both the exhilarating moment of emancipation and its disappointing results. Gabor Boritt traces Lincoln's transition from strident opponent of the MIxican War, to resolute war leader ("Destroy the rebel army," were his terse orders), to speaking out for reconciliation (after Appomattox he exclaimed, "Enemies, never again must we repeat that word"). Carl Degler compares the Civil War as a successful attempt at true national unification with the unifications of Italy, Germany, and even Switzerland (which waged a fraternal war not many years earlier). Robert Bruce provides an incisive look at the premonitions of civil war that haunted the American republic since independence, including Loncoln's reluctance to accept war as a possibility. And James McPherson establishes once and for all Lincoln's brilliance as a national strategist. istorians have often criticized specific military decisions Lincoln made, McPherson writes, ignoring his grasp of an overall natinal strategy that calculated political, economic, and military needs together. These outstanding essays - all but one published here for the first time - offer a new understanding of a revolutionary epoch in American history, and of the role of the leader who helped transform the nation forever." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new ed edition. 608 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 608 pages. 10.25x7.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Some rubbing. VG. Reprint. orig.wrappers Some rubbing. VG. 21x13cm, xxiv,369 pp., PAPERBACK.