{"product_id":"lincolns-dilemma-9780813939834","title":"Lincolns Dilemma","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Civil War forced America finally to confront the contradiction between its founding values and human slavery. At the center of this historic confrontation was Abraham Lincoln. In this fascinating new book Paul Escott considers the evolution of the president's thoughts on race in relation to three other, powerful - and often conflicting - voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A magnificent taxonomy of the nineteenth-century white racial mind.”  —Stephen Berry, University of Georgia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book, together with his previous work, establishes Escott as this generation’s leading scholar on Lincoln and the problem of racism in Civil War America.”—H. David Williams, Valdosta State University","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527935172951,"sku":"9780813939834","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813939834.jpg?v=1731869791","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lincolns-dilemma-9780813939834","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}