Plessy V. Ferguson: A Brief History with Documents

Thomas, Brook

ISBN 10: 0312137435 / ISBN 13: 9780312137434

Edité par Bedford Books, 1996

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Synopsis :

Using the full text of the Courts opinion, along with a selection of responses to the actual ruling, Plessy v. Ferguson, the book, provides context to help you re-create the complicated debates and conditions in which the decision occured.

À propos de l?auteur: Brook Thomas is chair of the English and Comparative Literature Department at the University of California, Irvine. After a book on James Joyces Ulysses (1982), he turned his attention to the intersections of law, literature, and cultural history in the United States. He is author of Cross-Examinations of Law and Literature: Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, and Melville (1987): The New Historicism and Other Old-Fashioned Topics (1991); and American Literary Realism and the Failed Promise of Contract (1997). He has lectured on Plessy v. Ferguson to more than five thousand undergraduates over the course of several years.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Plessy V. Ferguson: A Brief History with ...
Éditeur : Bedford Books
Date d'édition : 1996
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket