Plessy v. Ferguson: A Brief History with Documents

Brook Thomas

ISBN 10: 0312137435 / ISBN 13: 9780312137434

Edité par Bedford/St. Martin's, 1996

Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc. N° de réf. du vendeur 00081412996

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/St. Martin's
Date d'édition : 1996
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good