ISBN:
9780807832639
,
0807832634
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 430 S.
,
Ill.
,
25 cm
DDC:
340/.1150975
Keywords:
Law Social aspects
;
History
;
Women Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
;
History
;
Slaves Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
;
History
;
Free African Americans Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
;
History
;
People with social disabilities Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
;
History
;
Law Social aspects
;
Southern States
;
History
;
Women Legal status, laws, etc.
;
Southern States
;
History
;
19th century
;
Slaves Legal status, laws, etc.
;
Southern States
;
History
;
19th century
;
Free African Americans Legal status, laws, etc.
;
Southern States
;
History
;
19th century
;
People with social disabilities Legal status, laws, etc.
;
Southern States
;
History
;
19th century
;
USA
;
Bürgerrecht
;
Ungleichheit
;
Geschichte 1783-1840
Description / Table of Contents:
All was chaos in our legal world : excavating localized law from beneath the layers of southern history -- Keeping the peace : people's proximity to law -- Bread from chaff: defining offenses against the peace -- Possession and the personality of property: the material basis of authority -- Wasted substance: the operation and regulation of patriarchy -- Subjects vs. rights-holding individuals -- New states : freemen as consistent units of measure.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-410) and index
