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Recasting American Liberty|Barbara Young Welke
Recasting American Liberty : Gender, Race, Law, and the Railroad Revolution, 1865-1920
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Through courtroom dramas from 1865 to 1920, Recasting American Liberty offers a dramatic reconsideration of the critical role railroads, and their urban counterpart, streetcars, played in transforming the conditions of individual liberty at the dawn of the 20th century. The three-part narrative, focusing on the law of accidental injury, nervous shock, and racial segregation in public transit, captures Americans' journey from a cultural and legal ethos celebrating manly independence and autonomy to one that recognized and sought to protect the individual against the corporate power, modern technology and modern urban space.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780521649667
  • ISBN-10: 0521649668
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: August 2001
  • Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.12 x 1.08 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.31 pounds
  • Page Count: 426

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