ISBN:
9780190609498
,
9780199371914
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 291 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Geschichte 1840-1860
;
Geschichte
;
Minderheit
;
Minorities / Civil rights / United States / History
;
Einflussnahme
;
Moral
;
Politisches System
;
Minderheitsrecht
;
Minderheit
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Politisches System
;
Minderheit
;
Minderheitsrecht
;
Moral
;
Einflussnahme
;
Geschichte 1840-1860
Abstract:
This work unearths the origins of popular minority-rights politics in American history. Focusing on controversies spurred by grassroots moral reform in the early 19th century, it shows how a motley array of self-understood minorities reshaped American democracy as they battled laws regulating Sabbath observance, alcohol, and interracial contact
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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