| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Lincoln, Inc. : selling the sixteenth president -- Mr. Lincoln's coattails : marketing, memorabilia, and presidential tourism -- Packaging the president : Lincoln biographies -- Telling fictions : Lincoln in literature, television, and film -- What would Lincoln do? : the sixteenth president in twenty-first century politics -- "A" is for Abe : teaching Lincoln -- Lincoln under glass : the great emancipator in American museums -- Selling Lincoln : who do we think we are? |
| Summary |
Lincoln, Inc. is an engaging examination of the uses and abuses of the sixteenth president's image in America today. Whether in political campaigns, blockbuster films, school pageants, or soft drink advertisements, the use of the Lincoln image reveals who we think we are as a nation, and who we wish we could be |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Influence.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Public opinion
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Miscellanea
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| SUBJECT |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Public opinion -- United States
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Market segmentation -- United States
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Market segmentation
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Public opinion
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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United States - General.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011024065 |
| ISBN |
9781442209565 |
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1442209569 |
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1442209550 |
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9781442209558 |
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1283283743 |
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9781283283748 |
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9786613283740 |
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6613283746 |
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