In the autumn of 1862, Abraham Lincoln visited the Antietam Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland, USA. Elected as the 16th President of the United States just two years prior, he faced a nation torn apart by the Civil War. The long-simmering dispute over the right to slaves had erupted into open warfare between the North and South. The Union sought to enforce its authority, while the South had withdrawn from the Union.Despite his reluctance to war, Lincoln understood that a democratic republic could not tolerate rebellion. The South's defiance had to be met. Initially, the war's primary aim was not the liberation of slaves. However, after Lincoln's powerful Gettysburg Address in 1863, the purpose of the war became clear. When he invoked the US Declaration of Independence, declaring that all are created equal, regardless of skin colour, it became evident that the President was committed to this principle.World History invites you on a fascinating journey to bygone eras, allowing you to explore the greatest events in history. Take a trip back in time - to the frontlines of World War 2, to the Viking raids, and to the religious rituals of ancient Egypt. World History is for everyone who would like to know more about the exciting and dramatic events of the past.

The essays in Canadian Cultural Exchange / ÃfÂo/oochanges culturels au Canada provide a nuanced view of Canadian transcultural experience. Rather than considering Canada as a bicultural dichotomy of colonizer/colonized, this book examines a field of many cultures and the creative interactions among them. This study discusses, from various perspectives, Canadian cultural space as being in process of continual translation of both the other and oneself. Les articles rÃf©unis dans Canadian Cultural Exchange / ÃfÂo/oochanges culturels au Canada donnent de l'expÃf©rience transculturelle canadienne une image nuancÃf©e. PlutÃf´t que dans les termes d'une dichotomie biculturelle entre colonisateur et colonisÃf©, le Canada y est vu comme champ oÃf¹ plusieurs cultures interagissent de maniÃf¨re crÃf©ative. Cette Ãf©tude prÃf©sente sous de multiples aspects le processus continu de traduction d'autrui et de soi-mÃfªme auquel l'espace culturel canadien sert de thÃf©Ãf¢tre.