HIST 151 Abraham Lincoln in History and Memory
This course explores the life, political career, and public memory of America's 16th President. By reading historians' accounts as well as the words of Lincoln and his contemporaries, we examine his multiple roles: as antebellum lawyer and politician; as wartime executive and commander in chief; as public orator and man of ideas. We also study how successive generations commemorated his presidency and made him such a potent symbol for the meaning and promise of America's past.