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8 produkter
Crossing over the Line
Legislating Morality and the Mann Act
Häftad, 2007
321 kr
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Crossing over the Line describes the folly of the Mann Act of 1910—a United States law which made travel from one state to another by a man and a woman with the intent of committing an immoral act a major crime. Spawned by a national wave of "white slave trade" hysteria, the Act was created by the …
William M. Kunstler
The Most Hated Lawyer in America
Inbunden, 1999
1293 kr
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The true story of the defender of the Chicago 7Alternately vilified as a publicity-seeking egoist and lauded as a rambunctious, fearless advocate, William Kunstler consistently embodied both of these qualities.Kunstler's unrelenting, radical critique of American racism and the legal system took …
William M. Kunstler
The Most Hated Lawyer in America
Häftad, 2002
452 kr
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The true story of the defender of the Chicago 7Alternately vilified as a publicity-seeking egoist and lauded as a rambunctious, fearless advocate, William Kunstler consistently embodied both of these qualities.Kunstler's unrelenting, radical critique of American racism and the legal system took …
From Maverick to Mainstream
Cumberland School of Law, 1847–1997
Av David J. Langum, Howard P. Walthall
Inbunden, 2010
807 kr
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Founded in 1847 in Lebanon, Tennessee, the Cumberland School of Law holds a unique place in the history of American legal education. As the premier law school in the South in the nineteenth century, Cumberland trained two United States Supreme Court justices, nine senators, a secretary of state, …
From Maverick to Mainstream
Cumberland School of Law, 1847–1997
Av David J. Langum, Howard P. Walthall
Häftad, 2010
476 kr
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Founded in 1847 in Lebanon, Tennessee, the Cumberland School of Law holds a unique place in the history of American legal education. As the premier law school in the South in the nineteenth century, Cumberland trained two United States Supreme Court justices, nine senators, a secretary of state, …
Women Traveling by Themselves in Nineteenth-Century America
A Critical Anthology of Anglo-American Women's Travel Writing
Häftad, 2026
321 kr
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Women's independent travel and the negotiation of risk and respectabilityWomen Traveling by Themselves in Nineteenth-Century America is a critical anthology of travel writing by women who journeyed without male escort. The collection brings together diaries, rare publications, and selections from …
Women Traveling by Themselves in Nineteenth-Century America
A Critical Anthology of Anglo-American Women's Travel Writing
Inbunden, 2026
327 kr
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Women's independent travel and the negotiation of risk and respectabilityWomen Traveling by Themselves in Nineteenth-Century America is a critical anthology of travel writing by women who journeyed without male escort. The collection brings together diaries, rare publications, and selections from …
Thomas O. Larkin
A Life of Patriotism and Profit in Old California
Av Harlan Hague, David J. Langum
Häftad, 1995
289 kr
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Arriving in Mexican California in 1832, Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858) expected to become a rich man-and he did: he became a successful merchant, financier, and land developer. Larkin also became the confidant of California officials, American consul to California, and secret agent of the president …
