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1 online resource (xii, 370 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in the legal history of the South
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Studies in the legal history of the South.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-362) and index. |
| Contents |
Casta y color, movilidad y ambigüedad: slavery and race in the Spanish empire -- Terra de nosso senhor: the paradox of race and slavery in Brazil -- Race, democracy, and inequality: origins of the American dilemma -- Blanqueamiento: building white nations in Spanish American -- No país do futuro: Brazil's journey from national whitening to "racial democracy" -- Jim Crow: the house the law built -- An American sea change: the law's power and limitations -- Um país para todos? The Brazilian journey from racial democracy to racial reform -- New awakenings in Spanish America. |
| Summary |
Students of American history know of the law's critical role in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States. Showing that this history is best appreciated in a comparative perspective, The Long, Lingering Shadow looks at the parallel legal histories of race relations in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America. Robert J. Cottrol takes the reader on a journey from the origins of New World slavery in colonial Latin America to current debates and litigation over affirmative action in Brazil and the United States, as well as contemporary struggles against racial discrimination and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- America.
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Slavery -- Law and legislation. |
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America. |
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Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Western Hemisphere.
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Western Hemisphere. |
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Black people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Western Hemisphere.
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Black people -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Black people. |
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Slavery -- Western Hemisphere -- History.
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Slavery. |
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History. |
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Race relations -- History.
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Race relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cottrol, Robert J. Long, lingering shadow. Athens, Ga. : The University of Georgia Press, ©2013 9780820344317 (DLC) 2012029629 (OCoLC)792884029 |
| ISBN |
0820344761 (electronic book) |
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9780820344768 (electronic book) |
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9780820344317 |
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0820344311 |
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9780820344058 |
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0820344052 |
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