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.
Reviews
"A comprehensive and enlightening survey of the evolution of Lincoln's economic thought." --Reviews in American History
"Boritt illuminates Lincoln's understanding of 'equality' as well as the meaning of the concept in Lincoln's political economy." -- New York Review of Books
This is a rare book that deserves superlatives . . . brilliant and original" -- Pennsylvania Magazine of History
"A major contribution." -- Journal of Economic History



Book Information
ISBN 9780252064456
Author Gabor S. Boritt
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint University of Illinois Press
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 28mm