The Paradox of Power Claire Mcloughlin " - Joshua A

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''This meticulous study of Lincoln leaves aside his well-covered presidency to spotlight his rather pedestrian career as an Illinois lawyer

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He is an associate of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and is a fellow of the British Academy

A significant contribution to the literature of black urban history

The Paradox of Power Claire Mcloughlin " - Joshua AAmerica's political history is a fascinating paradox. The United States was born with the admonition that government posed a threat to liberty. This apprehension became the foundation of the nation's civic ideology and was embedded in its constitutional structure. Yet the history of public life in the United States records the emergence of an enormously powerful national state during the nineteenth century. By 1920, the United States was arguably the