Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery : In the Crucible of Public Debate

Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery : In the Crucible of Public Debate

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Winner of the Speech Communication's Winans-Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address Zarefsky examines the dynamics of the seven 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, placing them in historical context and explaining the complicated issue of slavery in the territories, their focal point. He elucidates the candidates' arguments, analyzes their rhetorical strategies, and shows how public sentiment is transformed.

Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate,David Zarefsky,University Of Chicago Press,0226978761,1809-1865,19th century,History,History & Theory - General,History - General History,History - U.S.,Lincoln, Abraham,,Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1858,Political Science,Political aspects,Politics/International Relations,Rhetoric,U.S. History - Slavery Question And Abolitionism,United States,United States - Antebellum Era,Views on slavery,American history: c 1800 to c 1900,Political Science / History & Theory,Slavery & emancipation,USA

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