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Books in the Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest series

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  • - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law
     
    £56.99

    In 1846 two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. As the first true civil rights case decided by the U.S.

  • - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law
     
    £34.49

    In 1846, two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St Louis, Missouri. It is the first true civil rights case decided by the US Supreme Court. This title offers a collection of essays that revisits the history of the case and its aftermath in American life and law.

  • - A Fugitive Slave, the Constitution, and the Coming of the Civil War
    by H. Robert Baker
    £36.49

    On March 11, 1854, the people of Wisconsin prevented agents of the federal government from carrying away the fugitive slave, Joshua Glover. Assembling in mass outside the Milwaukee courthouse, they demanded that the federal officers respect his civil liberties as they would those of any other citizen of the state.

  • - A History of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
     
    £57.99

    Explores the many ways that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has affected the region, the nation, the development of American law, and American politics. This book illustrates the range of cases and issues that have come before the court.

  • - Exposing Confederate Conspiracies in America's Heartland
    by Stephen E. Towne
    £35.49 - 87.99

    Surveillance and Spies in the Civil War represents pathbreaking research on the rise of U.S. Army intelligence operations in the Midwest during the American Civil War and counters long-standing assumptions about Northern politics and society.

  • - A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction
    by Thomas Bahde
    £34.49 - 78.49

    Gus Reed was a freed slave who traveled north as Sherman's March was sweeping through Georgia in 1864. His journey ended in Springfield, Illinois, a city undergoing fundamental changes as its white citizens struggled to understand the political, legal, and cultural consequences of emancipation and black citizenship.

  • by Stacy Pratt McDermott
    £57.99

    In the antebellum Midwest, Americans looked to the law, and specifically to the jury, to navigate the terrain of a rapidly changing society. Through an analysis of the composition of juries and an examination of their courtroom experiences, the author demonstrates how central the law was for people who lived in Abraham Lincoln's America.

  • - Harassment and Loyalty in Missouri's German-American Community during World War I
    by Petra Dewitt
    £57.99

    Historians have long argued that the Great War eradicated German culture from American soil. This book examines the experiences of German-Americans living in Missouri during the First World War, evaluating the personal relationships at the local level that shaped their lives and the way that they were affected by national war effort guidelines.

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