DOC The Wheel: Inventions and Reinventions (Columbia Studies in International and Global History) by Richard Bulliet in History

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Surpassingly eloquent.—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt; New York Times"This is a remarkable book with extraordinary insights about the inner life of Abraham Lincoln. It will be read and studied for years to come; for Charles Strozier brings to every chapter the very qualities that Lincoln himself possessed—empathy; wisdom; balance; and creativity."—Doris Kearns Goodwin; Author of No Ordinary Time"When Lincoln's Quest for Union was first published; it was immediately recognized as the best-informed and most perceptive analysis of Lincoln's inner life. This new edition; extensively revised and expanded; is even more rewarding. This is a basic book in the Lincoln canon—a work of great intelligence; written with sensitivity and literary grace. I cannot recommend it highly enough."—Prof. David Herbert Donald; Author of Lincoln"Provocative and persuasive when it originally appeared in 1982; this new edition is even better. Strozier incorporates recent scholarship; fortifies his arguments; answers his critics; and offers a compelling psychological portrait of our most admired and enigmatic president."—Cullom Davis; University of Illinois at Springfield"Eighteen years after it first appeared; Lincoln's Quest for Union still does what only the very best books about Lincoln do: It makes us think afresh about how so great a man could have grown from such meager beginnings."—from Geoffrey Ward's ForewordIn Lincoln's Quest for Union; Charles Strozier gives the most probing account available of Lincoln's inner life—from the time he was a young man in Illinois; just finding himself; through his ascent to the presidency when he guided the nation and articulated for the country the meaning of the Civil War. With the probity of an open-minded historian and the skills of a trained therapist (he is both); Strozier examines Lincoln's relationships to women: his mother; stepmother; two young loves; and Mary Todd. He also considers Lincoln's feelings toward his father and male friends and colleagues.For this revised edition; Professor Strozier has incorporated new sources—most important; the writings of William Herndon; Lincoln's long-time law partner—to update and expand his psychological portrait of our 16th president.Charles B. Strozier; a historian and practicing psychoanalyst; is a professor of history at John Jay College and the Graduate Center; CUNY; and faculty and Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst at TRISP in New York. Strozier is the author of Until The Fires Stopped Burning: 9/11 in the Words and Experiences of Survivors and Witnesses; Heinz Kohut: The Making of a Psychoanalyst; and Apocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America; among other books. His forthcoming book is Young Man Lincoln: Joshua Speed and the Crucible of Greatness.