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Recasting American Liberty (2001) (edit title/settings)

Gender, Race, Law, and the Railroad Revolution, 1865-1920

by Barbara Young Welke (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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A transportation revolution had begun early in the nineteenth century.

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  1. Barbara Young Welke (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: Great Britain & USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0521640202
Page Count: 425

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  • Library of Congress: HE2757 .W45 2001
  • Dewey: 323.44097309034

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