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This fascinating volume brings together leading historians from around the world to explore Lincoln's international legacy. The authors examine the meaning and image of Lincoln in many places and across continents, ranging from Germany to Japan, India to Ireland, Africa and Asia to Argentina and the American South. The book reveals that at the heart of Lincoln's global celebrity were his political principles, his record of successful executive leadership in wartime, his role as the "Great Emancipator," and his resolute defense of popular government. Yet the "Global Lincoln" has been a malleable and protean figure, one who is forever being redefined to meet the needs of those who invoke him.
The first study of Lincoln's global legacy, this book tells the unknown and remarkable story of the world-wide impact of one of America's great presidents.
Introduction: The Global Lincoln Lincoln's Horizons: The Nationalist as Universalist- Richard Carwardine An American Hero in Prints Abroad: The European Image of Lincoln- Harold Holzer Abraham Lincoln in Germany and Italy, 1859-1865- Eugenio F. Biagini Liberte, Egalite, and Lincoln: French Readings of an American President- Michael Vorenberg Lincoln, the Civil War, and the British: History and Historiography- Lawrence Goldman
"The stuff our dreams are made of": Abraham Lincoln in the English Imagination- Adam I.P. Smith Abraham Lincoln and Wales- Kenneth O. Morgan Abraham Lincoln in Irish Political Discourse- Kevin Kenny Abraham Lincoln's Image and Reception in Germany, 1871-1989- Jorg Nagler A Man for All Seasons: Lincoln in Spain- Carolyn P. Boyd Abraham Lincoln, the Russian Empire, and the American Civil War: People, Events, and Retrospectives- Norman E. Saul Images of Lincoln in Latin America- Nicola Miller Lincoln in Africa- Kevin Gaines Defining a Legacy: Lincoln in the National Imaginary of India- Vinay Lal Abraham Lincoln in East Asia: A Preliminary Historical Review- De-min Tao Hating and Loving the "Real" Abe Lincolns: Lincoln and the American South- David W. Blight Projecting Lincoln, Projecting America- Jay Sexton Appendix: Foreign Language Biographies of Lincoln- George Scratcherd
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Posted December 5, 2011
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Overview
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 ...