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12 produkter
To Save the Country
A Lost Treatise on Martial Law
Av Francis Lieber, G. Norman Lieber m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
561 kr
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A Civil War-era treatise addressing the power of governments in moments of emergencyThe last work of Abraham Lincoln’s law of war expert Francis Lieber was long considered lost—until Will Smiley and John Fabian Witt discovered it in the National Archives. Lieber’s manuscript on emergency powers and …
American Contagions
Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19
Inbunden, 2020
193 kr
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A concise history of how American law has shaped—and been shaped by—the experience of contagion, "taking us from the smallpox outbreaks of the colonies to COVID-19. . . . The conclusion [Witt] arrives at is devastating." (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times)"One wishes that, six months ago, every …
American Contagions
Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID–19
E-bok, 2020
210 kr
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A concise history of how American law has shaped—and been shaped by—the experience of contagion"Contrarians and the civic-minded alike will find Witt''s legal survey a fascinating resource"—Kirkus, starred review"Professor Witt''s book is an original and thoughtful contribution to the …
American Contagions
Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19
Häftad, 2021
180 kr
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A concise history of how American law has shaped—and been shaped by—the experience of contagion, "taking us from the smallpox outbreaks of the colonies to COVID-19. . . . The conclusion [Witt] arrives at is devastating." (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times)"One wishes that, six months ago, every …
Accidental Republic
Crippled Workingmen, Destitute Widows, and the Remaking of American Law
Häftad, 2006
331 kr
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In the five decades after the Civil War, the United States witnessed a profusion of legal institutions designed to cope with the nation’s exceptionally acute industrial accident crisis. Jurists elaborated the common law of torts. Workingmen’s organizations founded a widespread system of cooperative …
Patriots and Cosmopolitans
Hidden Histories of American Law
Inbunden, 2007
429 kr
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Ranging widely from the founding era to Reconstruction, from the making of the modern state to its post-New Deal limits, John Fabian Witt illuminates the legal and constitutional foundations of American nationhood through the little-known stories of five patriots and critics. He shows how law and …
Lincoln's Code
The Laws of War in American History
E-bok, 2012
213 kr
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Pulitzer Prize Finalist Bancroft Prize Winner ABA Silver Gavel Award Winner A New York Times Notable Book of the Year In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It …
Lincoln's Code
The Laws of War in American History
Häftad, 2013
398 kr
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Pulitzer Prize Finalist Bancroft Prize Winner ABA Silver Gavel Award Winner A New York Times Notable Book of the Year In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It …
The Radical Fund
How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
Inbunden, 2025
416 kr
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From Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the captivating secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. Before the dark money of the Koch Brothers, before the billions of the Ford Foundation, there was the Garland Fund. In 1922, a young idealist named Charles Garland …
Radical Fund
How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
Häftad, 2026
277 kr
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As recommended on The Ezra Klein Show From Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the engrossing ( The New York Times ) secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. Before the dark money of the Koch Brothers, before the billions of the Ford Foundation, there was the …
Radical Fund
How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
E-bok, 2025
239 kr
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From Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the captivating secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. Before the dark money of the Koch Brothers, before the billions of the Ford Foundation, there was the Garland Fund. In 1922, a young idealist named Charles Garland …
Radical Fund
How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
Ljudbok, 2025
522 kr
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As recommended on The Ezra Klein Show From Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the ';engrossing' (The New York Times) secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. Before the dark money of the Koch Brothers, before the billions of the Ford Foundation, there was the …
