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We shall overcome : a history of civil rights and the law
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- Creator
- Alexander Tsesis
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- x, 369 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1282088653, 0300118376, 9786612088650, 9781282088658, 9780300145311, 9780300118377, 0300145314
- OCLC
- ocn167764178, ocn923593351, ocn567973958
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-354) and index.
- Liberty through revolution -- Constitutional republic of equals? -- The controversy about slavery -- Sectional compromise and national conflict -- Reconstructing the American dream -- Unraveling constitutional reconstruction -- Political restrictions and developments -- Progressive transitions -- Rights in the regulatory state -- The war against tyranny -- Expanding civil rights -- The Warren court's achievements -- Sketches of the continuing legal effort