In the wake of slavery Civil War, Civil Rights, and the reconstruction of Southern law
Title:
In the wake of slavery Civil War, Civil Rights, and the reconstruction of Southern law
Author:
Ranney, Joseph A., 1952-
ISBN:
9780313069246
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Publication Information:
Westport, CT : Praeger Publishers, c2006.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 199 p.) : ill.
Contents:
Introduction : the legal history of reconstruction -- Traveling the political dial : political and cultural forces that shaped reconstruction-era lawmakers -- Law and the wartime South -- The great wreck of property : coming to grips with emancipation -- Cleaning up after the Confederacy : the new federalism and allocation of losses of war -- The constitutional legacy of reconstruction -- A republic of paupers : shaping the individuals role in the postwar economy -- The South confronts corporations -- Reconstruction and womens rights -- Southern law during the Bourbon era (1877-1890) -- The impassable chasm : Southern law during the straight-out era (1890-1915) -- The legal legacy of reconstruction.
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