The global Lincoln /

Perhaps more than any other American, Abraham Lincoln has become a global figure, one who spoke--and continues to speak--to people across the world. Karl Marx judged Lincoln "the single-minded son of the working class"; Tolstoy reported his fame in the Caucasus; Tomas Masaryk, the first pr...

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Other Authors: Carwardine, Richard, Sexton, Jay, 1978-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
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Summary:Perhaps more than any other American, Abraham Lincoln has become a global figure, one who spoke--and continues to speak--to people across the world. Karl Marx judged Lincoln "the single-minded son of the working class"; Tolstoy reported his fame in the Caucasus; Tomas Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, drew strength as "the Lincoln of Central Europe"; racially-mixed, republican "Lincoln brigades" fought in the Spanish Civil War; and, more recently, statesmen ranging from Gordon Brown to Pervez Musharraf to Barack Obama have invoked Lincoln in support ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 329 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199702435
0199702438