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Author: Daniel W. Stowell ,
Daniel W. Stowell ,
Daniel W. Stowell ,
Michael Grossberg
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9780252073397
ISBN 10: 0252073398
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 27 February 2006
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Daniel Stowell has compiled a captivating collection of essays that illuminate the complexity of the field of family law that was emerging in antebellum Illinois.... This fascinating and ambitious project succeeds at every level and reflects the tremendous potential of the historian's craft skillfully employed.
"Recipient of an Illinois State Historical Society Award of Superior Achievement, 2003. ""Taken together, the essays contribute to grounding Lincoln in time and place. They also contribute to a considerably more precise understanding of how private citizens managed their relationships with the state and the social order in the first half of the nineteenth century.""--Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship ""Daniel Stowell has compiled a captivating collection of essays that illuminate the complexity of the field of family law that was emerging in antebellum Illinois. . . . This fascinating and ambitious project succeeds at every level and reflects the tremendous potential of the historian's craft skillfully employed.""--The Annals of Iowa ""Taken together, the essays contribute to grounding Lincoln in time and place. They also contribute to a considerably more precise understanding of how private citizens managed their relationships with the state and the social order in the first half of the nineteenth century.""--Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship"
Recipient of an Illinois State Historical Society Award of Superior Achievement, 2003. Taken together, the essays contribute to grounding Lincoln in time and place. They also contribute to a considerably more precise understanding of how private citizens managed their relationships with the state and the social order in the first half of the nineteenth century. --Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship Daniel Stowell has compiled a captivating collection of essays that illuminate the complexity of the field of family law that was emerging in antebellum Illinois. . . . This fascinating and ambitious project succeeds at every level and reflects the tremendous potential of the historian's craft skillfully employed. --The Annals of Iowa Taken together, the essays contribute to grounding Lincoln in time and place. They also contribute to a considerably more precise understanding of how private citizens managed their relationships with the state and the social order in the first half of the nineteenth century. --Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship
Author Information
Daniel W. Stowell, the director of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project, is the author of Rebuilding Zion: The Religious Reconstruction of the South, 1863-1877.
