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23 produkter
Documenting American Violence
A Sourcebook
Av Michael Bellesiles, Christopher Waldrep
E-bok, 2006
642 kr
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Violence forms a constant backdrop to American history, from the revolutionary overthrow of British rule, to the struggle for civil rights, to the present-day debates over the death penalty. It has served to challenge authority, defend privilege, advance causes, and throttle hopes. In the first …
Documenting American Violence
A Sourcebook
Av Christopher Waldrep, Michael Bellesiles
Häftad, 2006
1016 kr
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Through contemporary voices, Documenting American Violence tracks the changes in the nature of American violence. This anthology looks at violence as an integral part of American history and includes excerpts from a wide range of primary sources, including court records. newspaper accounts, and …
Documenting American Violence
A Sourcebook
Av Michael Bellesiles, Christopher Waldrep
E-bok, 2006
642 kr
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Violence forms a constant backdrop to American history, from the revolutionary overthrow of British rule, to the struggle for civil rights, to the present-day debates over the death penalty. It has served to challenge authority, defend privilege, advance causes, and throttle hopes. In the first …
Roots of Disorder
Race and Criminal Justice in the American South, 1817-80
Häftad, 1998
424 kr
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Every white southerner understoodwhat keeping African Americans "down" meant and what it did not mean. It did not mean going to court; it did not mean relying on the law. It meant vigilante violence and lynching. Looking at Vicksburg, Mississippi,Roots of Disorder traces the origins of these …
Race and National Power
A Sourcebook of Black Civil Rights from 1862 to 1954
Inbunden, 2010
2590 kr
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In American history, students are taught about the three branches of government. Most of the time is spent learning about the Executive and the Legislative bodies, but the Judicial branch has had a monumental effect on the course of American history, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the …
Race and National Power
A Sourcebook of Black Civil Rights from 1862 to 1954
Häftad, 2010
668 kr
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In American history, students are taught about the three branches of government. Most of the time is spent learning about the Executive and the Legislative bodies, but the Judicial branch has had a monumental effect on the course of American history, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the …
Vicksburg's Long Shadow
The Civil War Legacy of Race and Remembrance
Inbunden, 2005
372 kr
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During the hottest days of the summer of 1863, while the nation's attention was focused on a small town in Pennsylvania known as Gettysburg, another momentous battle was being fought along the banks of the Mississippi. In the longest single campaign of the war, the siege of Vicksburg left 19,000 …
African Americans Confront Lynching
Strategies of Resistance from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Era
Av Christopher Waldrep, Jacqueline M. Moore
Häftad, 2009
473 kr
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This book examines African Americans' strategies for resisting white racial violence from the Civil War until the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968 and up to the Clinton era. Christopher Waldrep's semi-biographical approach to the pioneers in the anti-lynching campaign portrays …
Swift to Wrath
Lynching in Global Historical Perspective
Av Christopher Waldrep, William D. Carrigan
E-bok, 2013
654 kr
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Scholarship on lynching has typically been confined to the extralegal execution of African Americans in the American South. The nine essays collected here look at lynching in the context of world history, encouraging a complete rethinking of the history of collective violence. Employing a diverse …
Lynching in America
A History in Documents
Häftad, 2006
444 kr
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Whether conveyed through newspapers, photographs, or Billie Holliday's haunting song "Strange Fruit," lynching has immediate and graphic connotations for all who hear the word. Images of lynching are generally unambiguous: black victims hanging from trees, often surrounded by gawking white mobs. …
Jury Discrimination
The Supreme Court, Public Opinion, and a Grassroots Fight for Racial Equality in Mississippi
Inbunden, 2010
761 kr
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In 1906 a white lawyer named Dabney Marshall argued a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court demanding the racial integration of juries. He carried out a plan devised by Mississippi’s foremost black lawyer of the time: Willis Mollison. Against staggering odds, and with the help of a friendly …
Jury Discrimination
The Supreme Court, Public Opinion, and a Grassroots Fight for Racial Equality in Mississippi
Häftad, 2011
471 kr
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In 1906 a white lawyer named Dabney Marshall argued a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court demanding the racial integration of juries. He carried out a plan devised by Mississippi’s foremost black lawyer of the time: Willis Mollison. Against staggering odds, and with the help of a friendly …
Local Matters
Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
Av Christopher Waldrep, Donald G. Nieman
Häftad, 2011
527 kr
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Much of the current reassessment of race, culture, and criminal justice in the nineteenth-century South has been based on intensive community studies. Drawing on previously untapped sources, the nine original papers collected here represent some of the best new work on how racial justice can be …
Jury Discrimination
The Supreme Court, Public Opinion, and a Grassroots Fight for Racial Equality in Mississippi
E-bok, 2011
582 kr
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In 1906 a white lawyer named Dabney Marshall argued a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court demanding the racial integration of juries. He carried out a plan devised by Mississippi''s foremost black lawyer of the time: Willis Mollison. Against staggering odds, and with the help of a friendly …
Local Matters
Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
Av Christopher Waldrep, Donald G. Nieman
E-bok, 2011
454 kr
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Much of the current reassessment of race, culture, and criminal justice in the nineteenth-century South has been based on intensive community studies. Drawing on previously untapped sources, the nine original papers collected here represent some of the best new work on how racial justice can be …
Jury Discrimination
The Supreme Court, Public Opinion, and a Grassroots Fight for Racial Equality in Mississippi
E-bok, 2011
563 kr
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In 1906 a white lawyer named Dabney Marshall argued a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court demanding the racial integration of juries. He carried out a plan devised by Mississippi's foremost black lawyer of the time: Willis Mollison. Against staggering odds, and with the help of a friendly …
Racial Violence on Trial
A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents
Av Christopher Waldrep, Charles L. Zelden
Inbunden, 2001
715 kr
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An examination of the historical experience of African Americans as a case study of America's legacy of racial violence.In this comprehensive overview of how the law has been used to combat racism, author Christopher Waldrep points out that the U.S. government has often promoted discrimination. A …
Racial Violence on Trial
A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents
E-bok, 2001
717 kr
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An examination of the historical experience of African Americans as a case study of America's legacy of racial violence. In this comprehensive overview of how the law has been used to combat racism, author Christopher Waldrep points out that the U.S. government has often promoted discrimination. A …
Constitution and the Nation
The Civil War and American Constitutionalism, 1830-1890
Av Christopher Waldrep, Lynne Curry m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
254 kr
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The Civil War shook America to the core of its constitutional foundations. Before the war, the Constitution protected slavery and kept power decentralized. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gathered enormous national power to combat what he called the «anarchy» of secession. After the …
Constitution and the Nation
The Regulatory State, 1890-1945
Av Christopher Waldrep, Lynne Curry m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
254 kr
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The rapid acceleration of industrialization and the transformation of market capitalism that followed the Civil War provided new opportunities for employment and wealth for many Americans. But these opportunities came at a cost: overcrowded and unsanitary housing, long work hours in dangerous …
Constitution and the Nation
A Revolution in Rights, 1937-2002
Av Christopher Waldrep, Lynne Curry m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
254 kr
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In 1937 the Supreme Court revolutionized American constitutionalism, sharply restricting the states’ powers and expanding those of the national government. In following years the civil rights movement caused further change, challenging American life with its demands for equal rights under the …
Night Riders
Defending Community in the Black Patch, 1890–1915
Inbunden, 1993
1277 kr
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In the late nineteenth century, industrialization was making its way into rural America. In an agricultural region of Kentucky and Tennessee called the Black Patch for the dark tobacco grown there, big business arrived with a vengeance, eliminating competition, manipulating prices, and undermining …
Night Riders
Defending Community in the Black Patch, 1890–1915
Häftad, 1993
296 kr
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In the late nineteenth century, industrialization was making its way into rural America. In an agricultural region of Kentucky and Tennessee called the Black Patch for the dark tobacco grown there, big business arrived with a vengeance, eliminating competition, manipulating prices, and undermining …
