Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream

• Author(s): G. S. Boritt,
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Pages: 386
• ISBN_10: 0252064453
  ISBN_13: 9780252064456
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State , Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Business & Economics / Economic History , Business & Economics / Labor / Wages & Compensation , History / General , History / United States / 19th Century , History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy ,

Description:... This unique exploration of Lincoln's economic beliefs shows how they helped shape his view of slavery, his conduct of the war, and most fundamentally his understanding of what the United States was and could become.