"Jefferson, Lincoln, and Wilson: The American Dilemma of Race
and Democracy "seeks to explore how the collision of races shaped
American democracy in the lives, thought, and actions of three of
the nation's most important presidents. Each of them led the nation
in a different epoch, during times that had their own set of
historical circumstances that shaped constructions of race:
Jefferson at the very beginning of the republic, as the nineteenth
century dawned and the institution of slavery flourished; Lincoln
when the country had expanded into a continental empire and fell
into civil war over slavery; and Wilson when, simultaneously, the
United States emerged as a leader on the world stage and
consolidated legally sanctioned apartheid at home. As great and
brilliant presidents, they constitute a kind of trinity, partly
because no other chief executives have communicated the ideals of
democracy so effectively or eloquently, to both their fellow
citizens and the peoples of the world, even as they violated
principles for which they ostensibly stood.
Cooper and Knock have brought these three leaders together in
this unique and significant collection of essays written by leading
scholars in the field. Contributors include Jean Harvey Baker,
David W. Blight, John Milton Cooper Jr., Eric Foner, Annette
Gordon-Reed, Thomas J. Knock, Erez Manela, Manning Marable, Peter
S. Onuf, and Lucia Stanton.
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