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Author:
Edwards, Laura F., author.
Title:
A legal history of the Civil War and Reconstruction : a nation of rights / Laura F. Edwards, Duke University.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xii, 212 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Law--United States--History--19th century.
Civil rights--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
United States--Law and legislation.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Law and legislation.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
Contents:
The United States and Its Use of the People -- The Confederacy and Its Legal Contradictions -- Enslaved Americans, Emancipation, and the Future Legal Order -- The Federal Government and the Reconstruction of the Legal Order -- The Possibilities of Rights -- The Power of Law and the Limits of Rights.
Series:
New histories of American law.
ISBN:
1107008794 (hardback)
9781107008793 (hardback)
1107401348 (paperback)
9781107401341 (paperback)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)889577465
LCCN:
2014033240
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

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