{"product_id":"a-house-dividing-the-lincoln-douglas-debates-of-1858-paperback","title":"A House Dividing: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Berry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA House Dividing: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858\u003c\/em\u003e updates the Lincoln-Douglas debates for the sound-bite era. Instead of 100,000 words, this volume in the\u003cstrong\u003e Dialogues in History \u003c\/strong\u003eseries gives students 20,000 words from the debates. Rather than long, uncontested ramblings, it offers rapid-fire accusations and responses. Despite their reputations as intellectual heavyweights, Lincoln and Douglas were not above mudslinging; their arguments prove surprisingly studded with ad hominem attacks, political grandstanding, and gross appeals to the candidates' respective bases. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorians generally agree on Civil War causality: a disagreement over the right of slaveholding in the territories caused secession; a disagreement over the right of secession caused the Civil War. \u003cem\u003eA House Dividing\u003c\/em\u003e places these political disagreements at the center of the narrative. Watching the cut-and-thrust of past political theater draws students into discussions of the continued importance of the political process as the place where the national agenda is set and executed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Berry \u003c\/strong\u003eis Amanda and Greg Gregory Professor of the Civil War Era at the University of Georgia. He is the author or editor of several books, including \u003cem\u003eWeirding the War: Stories from the Civil War's Ragged Edges \u003c\/em\u003e(2011) and\u003cem\u003e House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, A Family Divided by War \u003c\/em\u003e(2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56198000738609,"sku":"9780199389964","price":44.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/oKfkjyyIRK9780199389964.webp?v=1788983722","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/a-house-dividing-the-lincoln-douglas-debates-of-1858-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}