Journal of American History - Lincoln in the Journal of American History

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Journal of American History - Lincoln in the Journal of American History

In “The Not-So-Grand Review: Abraham Lincoln in the Journal of American History,” Allen C. Guelzo explores the appearances of the sixteenth president of the United States in the pages of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review and its successor, the JAH. He finds inadequate coverage of Lincoln in articles and substandard reviews of Lincoln books but notes that such tendencies mirror broader trends in Lincoln scholarship in the twentieth century. Those trends have led reviewers and authors to assess Lincoln, not on his own terms, but rather on his relationship with the Radical Republicans. Guelzo notes, however, that starting in the 1990s this course began to change, and he hopes the shift is indicative of an awakening of interest in and appreciation for Lincoln in the Journal of American History.