We shall overcome : a history of civil rights and the law /
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Author / Creator: | Tsesis, Alexander. |
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Imprint: | New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008. |
Description: | x, 369 p. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Civil rights -- United States -- History. Civil rights. Discrimination -- Law and legislation. United States. History. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6821501 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Liberty through Revolution
- 2. Constitutional Republic of Equals?
- 3. The Controversy about Slavery
- 4. Sectional Compromise and National Conflict
- 5. Reconstructing the American Dream
- 6. Unraveling Constitutional Reconstruction
- 7. Political Restrictions and Developments
- 8. Progressive Transitions
- 9. Rights in the Regulatory State
- 10. The War against Tyranny
- 11. Expanding Civil Rights
- 12. The Warren Court's Achievements
- 13. Sketches of the Continuing Legal Effort
- Notes
- Index