Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System. By James L. Gibson and Michael J. Nelson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 220p. $99.95 cloth, $29.95 paper.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592719004754
Abstract: Federalists called for a single-term limit for the office. In the face of Andrew Jackson’s claim that the president, and not Congress, is the direct representative of the American people, Whig leaders denounced Jackson’s position… read more here.
Keywords: representation; war; executive; lincoln ... See more keywords
Lincoln’s Sense of Humor
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DOI: 10.1080/14664658.2019.1606502
Abstract: “unusual height seemed to save his image from some of the usually negative attributes of caricature” (p. 129). Because Lincoln had throughout his political career consistently mocked himself, his reputation did not lose any prestige… read more here.
Keywords: lincoln; image; sense humor; thompson ... See more keywords
What makes a saint? A Lincoln case study in the communion of the local and the universal Church
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DOI: 10.1080/1474225x.2017.1406278
Abstract: Abstract Within the curtilage of Lincoln Cathedral lie buried the remains of three very different people to whom sainthood has been attributed: Saint Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln (d.1200); 'Little Saint Hugh' (d.1255), a child maliciously… read more here.
Keywords: lincoln; saint; church; makes saint ... See more keywords
Lincoln and the Politics of the “Towering Genius”
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DOI: 10.1086/698601
Abstract: This article examines Lincoln’s “Lyceum Speech” with its concern for the “towering genius” in politics against the backdrop of the recent rise of populism and demagoguery. Lincoln’s concern was with a new kind of problem,… read more here.
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A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers, and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1861-1877 by Michael L. Collins (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/soh.2019.0088
Abstract: wide-ranging than some scholars, like Thompson, have shown. Lincoln, too, enjoyed the humor of vulgarity, which reflected not only Lincoln’s rural frontier upbringing but also his purposeful attempts to identify with the common man. Carwardine… read more here.
Keywords: rustlers rangers; crooked river; lincoln; humor ... See more keywords