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We shall overcome : a history of civil rights and the law / Alexander Tsesis.

By: Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.Description: x, 369 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780300118377 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0300118376 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC599.U5 T74 2008
Contents:
Liberty through revolution -- Constitutional republic of equals? -- The controversy about slavery -- Sectional compromise and national conflict -- Reconstructing the American dream -- Unraveling constitutional reconstruction -- Political restrictions and developments -- Progressive transitions -- Rights in the regulatory state -- The war against tyranny -- Expanding civil rights -- The Warren court's achievements -- Sketches of the continuing legal effort.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-354) and index.

Liberty through revolution -- Constitutional republic of equals? -- The controversy about slavery -- Sectional compromise and national conflict -- Reconstructing the American dream -- Unraveling constitutional reconstruction -- Political restrictions and developments -- Progressive transitions -- Rights in the regulatory state -- The war against tyranny -- Expanding civil rights -- The Warren court's achievements -- Sketches of the continuing legal effort.

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