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Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South (Studies in the Legal History of the South Ser.)
Christopher Waldrep
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Description for Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South (Studies in the Legal History of the South Ser.)
Hardcover. A collection of nine community studies showing how racial justice can be shaped by the particulars of time and place. Although each essay is anchored in the local, several larger themes emerge - such as the importance of personality and place, and the presence of government in American life. Editor(s): Waldrep, Christopher; Nieman, Donald G. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JKV; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Justice blind to - or blinded by - race Drawing on previously untapped sources, these nine community studies represent some of the best new work on how racial justice can be shaped by the particulars of time and place. Although each essay is anchored in the local, several larger themes emerge across the volume - such as the importance of personality and place, the movement of former slaves from the capriciousness of ""plantation justice"" to the (theoretically) more evenhanded processes of the courts, and the increased presence of government in daily American life. Local Matters cites a wide range of ... Read more
Justice blind to - or blinded by - race Drawing on previously untapped sources, these nine community studies represent some of the best new work on how racial justice can be shaped by the particulars of time and place. Although each essay is anchored in the local, several larger themes emerge across the volume - such as the importance of personality and place, the movement of former slaves from the capriciousness of ""plantation justice"" to the (theoretically) more evenhanded processes of the courts, and the increased presence of government in daily American life. Local Matters cites a wide range of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the Legal History of the South
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820322476
SKU
V9780820322476
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About Christopher Waldrep
Christopher Waldrep holds the Pasker Chair in History at San Francisco State University. He is author of Roots of Disorder and Night Riders.
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