The Global Lincoln

Richard Carwardine is President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, and author of Lincoln: A Life of Power and Purpose. Jay Sexton is University Lecturer in American History at Oxford University, and author of The Monroe Doctrine: Empire and Nation in Nineteenth-Century America.

• Introduction: The Global Lincoln ; Lincoln's Horizons: The Nationalist as Universalist- Richard Carwardine ; An American Hero in Prints Abroad: The European Image of Lincoln- Harold Holzer ; Abraham Lincoln in Germany and Italy, 1859-1865- Eugenio F. Biagini ; Liberte, Egalite, and Lincoln: French Readings of an American President- Michael Vorenberg ; Lincoln, the Civil War, and the British: History and Historiography- Lawrence Goldman ; "The stuff our dreams are made of": Abraham Lincoln in the English Imagination- Adam I.P. Smith ; Abraham Lincoln and Wales- Kenneth O. Morgan ; Abraham Lincoln in Irish Political Discourse- Kevin Kenny ; Abraham Lincoln's Image and Reception in Germany, 1871-1989- Jorg Nagler ; A Man for All Seasons: Lincoln in Spain- Carolyn P. Boyd ; Abraham Lincoln, the Russian Empire, and the American Civil War: People, Events, and Retrospectives- Norman E. Saul ; Images of Lincoln in Latin America- Nicola Miller ; Lincoln in Africa- Kevin Gaines ; Defining a Legacy: Lincoln in the National Imaginary of India- Vinay Lal ; Abraham Lincoln in East Asia: A Preliminary Historical Review- De-min Tao ; Hating and Loving the "Real" Abe Lincolns: Lincoln and the American South- David W. Blight ; Projecting Lincoln, Projecting America- Jay Sexton ; Appendix: Foreign Language Biographies of Lincoln- George Scratcherd

Richard Carwardine and Jay Sexton have done a splendid job of assembling a broad and enriching collection of essays that explore Lincolns influence. Even for those with no background in the cottage industry of Lincoln studies, these sharp and insightful pieces are accessible.