| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 642 pages .) |
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text file |
| Series |
Voices of the Civil War
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Voices of the Civil War series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 627-634) and index. |
| Summary |
A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era is the first comprehensive collection of public policy actions, political speeches, and judicial decisions related to the American Civil War. Collectively, the four volumes in this series give scholars, teachers, and students easy access to the full texts of the most important, fundamental documents as well as hardto- find, rarely published primary sources on this critical period in U.S. history. The first two volumes of the series, Legislative Achievements and Political Arguments, were released last year. The final installment, Judicial Decisions, is divided into two volumes. The first volume, spanning the years 1857 to 1866, was released last year. This second volume of Judicial Decisions covers the years 1867 to 1896. Included here are some of the classic judicial decisions of this time such as the 1869 decision in Texas v. White and the first judicial interpretation of the 1868 Fourteenth Amendment, the 1873 Slaughter- House Cases. Other decisions are well known to specialists but deserve wider readership and discussion, such as the 1867 state and 1878 federal cases that upheld the separation of the races in public accommodations (and thus constituted the common law of common commerce) long before the more notorious 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson (also included). These judicial voices constitute a lasting and often overlooked aspect of the age of Abraham Lincoln. Mackey's headnotes and introductory essays situate cases within their historical context and trace their lasting significance. In contrast to decisions handed down during the war, these judicial decisions lasted well past their immediate political and legal moment and deserve continued scholarship and scrutiny. This document collection presents the raw "stuff" of the Civil War era so that students, scholars, and interested readers can measure and gauge how that generation met Lincoln's challenge to "think anew, and act anew." A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era is an essential acquisition for academic and public libraries in addition to being a valuable resource for courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, legal history, political history, and nineteenth-century American history. Thomas C. Mackey is a professor of history at the University of Louisville and adjunct professor of law at Brandeis School of Law. He is the author of Pornography on Trial and Pursuing Johns. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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United States. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Chronological Term |
1861 - 1865 |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Mackey, Thomas C., 1956-
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| ISBN |
9781621900665 (electronic book) |
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1621900665 (electronic book) |
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9781322335001 |
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1322335001 |
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9781621900405 (volume 4 ; hardcover) |
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