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83 produkter
John Brown (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois)
Av W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Finkelman m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
330 kr
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W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's …
American Legal History: Cases and Materials
Av Kermit L. Hall, Paul Finkelman
Häftad
2281 kr
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March of Liberty: Volume 1
A Constitutional History of the United States
Av Melvin I. Urofsky, Paul Finkelman
Häftad, 2001
570 kr
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A March of Liberty is a clearly written, comprehensive overview of American constitutional development from the founding of the English colonies down through the decisions of the latest term of the Supreme Court. It presents the most comprehensive overview of American constitutional development now …
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895
From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass: Three-volume set
Inbunden, 2006
6846 kr
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It is impossible to understand America without understanding the history of African Americans. The Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 documents the full range of the African American experience during that period and shows how all aspects of American culture, history, and national …
Encyclopedia of African American History
From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century: 1896 to the Present
Inbunden, 2009
8985 kr
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Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling …
Terrorism, Government, and Law
National Authority and Local Autonomy in the War on Terror
Av Susan N. Herman, Paul Finkelman
Inbunden, 2008
929 kr
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If the FBI asks local law enforcement agencies to interrogate Arab and Muslim men within their jurisdictions, may the Detroit Chief of Police decline to do so? Would allowing the federal government to insist on local assistance be an example of undesirable federal overreaching or desirable national …
Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties
2006
11164 kr
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This Encyclopedia on American history and law is the first devoted to examining the issues of civil liberties and their relevance to major current events while providing a historical context and a philosophical discussion of the evolution of civil liberties. Coverage includes the traditional civil …
Supreme Injustice
Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court
Inbunden, 2018
322 kr
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The three most important Supreme Court Justices before the Civil War—Chief Justices John Marshall and Roger B. Taney and Associate Justice Joseph Story—upheld the institution of slavery in ruling after ruling. These opinions cast a shadow over the Court and the legacies of these men, but historians …
Slavery and the Founders
Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson
Inbunden, 2014
2591 kr
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In Slavery and the Founders, Paul Finkelman addresses a central issue of the American founding: how the first generation of leaders of the United States dealt with the profoundly important question of human bondage. The book explores the tension between the professed idea of America as stated in …
Slavery and the Founders
Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson
Häftad, 2014
788 kr
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In Slavery and the Founders, Paul Finkelman addresses a central issue of the American founding: how the first generation of leaders of the United States dealt with the profoundly important question of human bondage. The book explores the tension between the professed idea of America as stated in …
Millard Fillmore: The American Presidents Series: The 13th President, 1850-1853
Av Paul Finkelman, Jr. Schlesinger, Arthur M.
Inbunden, 2011
293 kr
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His Soul Goes Marching on
Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid
Häftad, 1995
428 kr
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Brings together contributors to examine the responses of various segments of American and European society to the Harpers Ferry Raid and John Brown's execution. The incidents were widely publicised, and their meanings were hotly debated. The debates contributed to Northern antipathy to slavery.
Religion and American Law
An Encyclopedia
Inbunden, 1999
1524 kr
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The First Encyclopedia available On The Subject Of Religion And American Law The interplay of religion and law has long been a major political and social issue in the United States. From the Salem Witch Trials to the current debate over school vouchers, court rulings have had a profound effect on …
Privacy and the Constitution
Av Madeleine Plasencia, Paul Finkelman
2001
11619 kr
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The aim of this series is to familiarize the audience with privacy principles which form the core of laws in the United States. The series explores the tension between the laws' win goals; first, encourage the open discourse and debate, often involving revolutionary (and expensive) …
Routledge Revivals: Religion and American Law (2006)
An Encyclopedia
Inbunden, 2017
3070 kr
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Originally published in 2000, the Encyclopedia of Religion and American Law, comprehensively describes and analyses important cases and legal controversies between religion and state. The book has contributions from numerous distinguished history and law professors and practicing attorneys of the …
Routledge Revivals: Religion and American Law (2006)
An Encyclopedia
Häftad, 2021
795 kr
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Originally published in 2000, the Encyclopedia of Religion and American Law, comprehensively describes and analyses important cases and legal controversies between religion and state. The book has contributions from numerous distinguished history and law professors and practicing attorneys of the …
Toward a Usable Past
Liberty Under State Constitutions
Av Paul Finkelman, Stephen E. Gottlieb
Häftad, 2009
505 kr
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The United States Supreme Court's relegation of many rights to definition under state constitutional law, combined with the tendency of recent administrations to entrust the states with the task of preserving individual rights, is increasingly making state constitutions the arena where the battles …
The Dred Scott Case
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law
Av David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
884 kr
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In 1846, two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St Louis, Missouri. It is the first true civil rights case decided by the US Supreme Court. This title offers a collection of essays that revisits the history of the case and its aftermath in …
Dred Scott Case
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law
Av David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
368 kr
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In 1846 two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. As the first true civil rights case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sandford raised issues that have not been fully resolved despite three amendments to the …
In the Shadow of Freedom
The Politics of Slavery in the National Capital
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2011
648 kr
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Few images of early America were more striking, and jarring, than that of slaves in the capital city of the world's most important free republic. Black slaves served and sustained the legislators, bureaucrats, jurists, cabinet officials, military leaders, and even the presidents who lived and …
Congress and the Crisis of the 1850s
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2011
648 kr
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During the long decade from 1848 to 1861 America was like a train speeding down the track, without an engineer or brakes. The new territories acquired from Mexico had vastly increased the size of the nation, but debate over their status—and more importantly the status of slavery within …
Justice and Legal Change on the Shores of Lake Erie
A History of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Av Paul Finkelman, Roberta Sue Alexander
Inbunden, 2012
579 kr
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Justice and Legal Change on the Shores of Lake Erie explores the many ways that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has affected the region, the nation, the development of American law, and American politics.The essays in this book, written by eminent law professors, …
Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2016
700 kr
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"When Lincoln took office, in March 1861, the national government had no power to touch slavery in the states where it existed. Lincoln understood this, and said as much in his first inaugural address, noting: 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery …
Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Häftad, 2016
371 kr
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"When Lincoln took office, in March 1861, the national government had no power to touch slavery in the states where it existed. Lincoln understood this, and said as much in his first inaugural address, noting: 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery …
Congress and the People's Contest
The Conduct of the Civil War
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2018
707 kr
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The American Civil War was the first military conflict in history to be fought with railroads moving troops and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developments arose at a moment's notice. As a result, the young nation's political structure and culture often …
Congress and the People's Contest
The Conduct of the Civil War
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Häftad, 2018
371 kr
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The American Civil War was the first military conflict in history to be fought with railroads moving troops and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developments arose at a moment's notice. As a result, the young nation's political structure and culture often …
Ending the Civil War and Consequences for Congress
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2019
426 kr
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The social changes and human and economic costs of the Civil War led to profound legal and constitutional developments after it ended, not least of which were the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the many laws devised to protect the civil rights of newly freed African Americans. These …
Civil War Congress and the Creation of Modern America
A Revolution on the Home Front
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2018
430 kr
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Most literature on the Civil War focuses on soldiers, battles, and politics. But for every soldier in the United States Army, there were nine civilians at home. The war affected those left on the home front in many ways. Westward expansion and land ownership increased. The draft disrupted families …
Dred Scott Case
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law
Av David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
576 kr
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In 1846 two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. As the first true civil rights case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sandford raised issues that have not been fully resolved despite three amendments to the …
In the Shadow of Freedom
The Politics of Slavery in the National Capital
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
E-bok, 2011
981 kr
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Few images of early America were more striking, and jarring, than that of slaves in the capital city of the world's most important free republic. Black slaves served and sustained the legislators, bureaucrats, jurists, cabinet officials, military leaders, and even the presidents who lived and …
