HIST 353A Abraham Lincoln in History and Memory
This course will explore the life, presidency, and public memory of America's 16th President. By reading historians' accounts as well as the words of Lincoln and his contemporaries, we will examine his multiple roles: as antebellum lawyer and politician; as wartime executive and commander in chief; as public orator and man of ideas. We will also study how successive generations have commemorated his presidency and made him such a potent symbol for the meaning and promise of America's past.