The Plessy case : a legal-historical interpretation /
In 1896 the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld 'equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races' on all passenger railways within the state of Louisiana. In this account, which has implications for present-day America, Lofgren traces the roots of this landm...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1988, ©1987.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In 1896 the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld 'equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races' on all passenger railways within the state of Louisiana. In this account, which has implications for present-day America, Lofgren traces the roots of this landmark case in the post-Civil War South, stressing the constitutional, legal, and intellectual premises that shaped this episode. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, [1] leaf, 269 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-253) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780195363487 0195363485 1280523662 9781280523663 0198020929 9780198020929 9786610523665 6610523665 |