Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate

By David Zarefsky

Book Overview

Winner of the Speech Communication's Winans-Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address. Zarefsky examines the dynamics of the seven 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, placing them in historical context and explaining the complicated issue of slavery in the territories, their focal point. He elucidates the candidates' arguments, analyzes their rhetorical strategies, and shows how public sentiment is transformed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226978753
• ISBN13: 9780226978758
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"