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Recasting American Liberty: Gender, Race, Law, and the Railroad Revolution, 1865–1920 - Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Welke, Barbara Young (University of Minnesota)
Recasting American Liberty: Gender, Race, Law, and the Railroad Revolution, 1865–1920 - Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
Welke, Barbara Young (University of Minnesota)
Through courtroom dramas from 1865 to 1920, Barbara Welke offers a dramatic reconsideration of the critical role railroads, and streetcars, played in transforming the conditions of individual liberty at the dawn of the twentieth century, focusing on the law of accidental injury, nervous shock, and racial segregation in public transit.
426 pages, 17 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 13, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521649667 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 426 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 24 mm · 593 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Tomlins, Christopher L. |