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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780700618477
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Plessy V. Ferguson : Race and Inequality in Jim Crow America
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Genre
- Law, Political Science, Social Science
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Topic
- Constitutional, Discrimination & Race Relations, Civil Rights, Legal History
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700618473
ISBN-13
9780700618477
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112775593
Product Key Features
Book Title
Plessy V. Ferguson : Race and Inequality in Jim Crow America
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Constitutional, Discrimination & Race Relations, Civil Rights, Legal History
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Law, Political Science, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2011-047230
Reviews
"Hoffer has produced an accessible and informative book that will enable instructors and students to more completely understand the factors leading up to Plessy V. Ferguson , the social and political zeitgeist of the time, and the enduring legacy of the case."-- Law and Politics Book Review "Hoffer has written an accessible history of the case, its origins, and aftermath. [Q]uite readable . . . [Hoffer's] attention to details of place and character enliven the work and create rich context for the fateful decision of the case and the aftermath of that decision. Recommended for academic audiences and general readers with a strong interest in American legal history."-- Library Journal, "With a keen eye for personalities and telling details, Hoffer forcefully situates Plessy v. Ferguson and its doctrine of 'equal, but separate' within the long and troubling history of America's struggle with race down to the present day."-- Charles A. Lofgren , author of The Plessy Case: A Legal-Historical Interpretation "Hoffer provides a much-needed synthesis of recent scholarship, while adding his own useful (and sometimes provocative) insights and interpretations."-- Michael A. Ross , author of Justice Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War Era "Hoffer's treatment of the case's primary antagonists, its New Orleans setting, and its reception into U.S. law is exemplary."-- Mark V. Tushnet , author of Why the Constitution Matters, With a keen eye for personalities and telling details, Hoffer forcefully situates Plessy v. Ferguson and its doctrine of equal, but separatewithin the long and troubling history of Americas struggle with race down to the present day.Charles A. Lofgren , author of The Plessy Case: A Legal-Historical Interpretation Hoffer provides a much-needed synthesis of recent scholarship, while adding his own useful (and sometimes provocative) insights and interpretations.Michael A. Ross , author of Justice Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War Era Hoffers treatment of the cases primary antagonists, its New Orleans setting, and its reception into U.S. law is exemplary.Mark V. Tushnet , author of Why the Constitution Matters, "Hoffer has produced an accessible and informative book that will enable instructors and students to more completely understand the factors leading up to Plessy V. Ferguson , the social and political zeitgeist of the time, and the enduring legacy of the case."Law and Politics Book Review "Hoffer has written an accessible history of the case, its origins, and aftermath. [Q]uite readable . . . [Hoffers] attention to details of place and character enliven the work and create rich context for the fateful decision of the case and the aftermath of that decision. Recommended for academic audiences and general readers with a strong interest in American legal history."Library Journal, "With a keen eye for personalities and telling details, Hoffer forcefully situates Plessy v. Ferguson and its doctrine of 'equal, but separate' within the long and troubling history of America's struggle with race down to the present day."- Charles A. Lofgren , author of The Plessy Case: A Legal-Historical Interpretation "Hoffer provides a much-needed synthesis of recent scholarship, while adding his own useful (and sometimes provocative) insights and interpretations."- Michael A. Ross , author of Justice Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War Era "Hoffer's treatment of the case's primary antagonists, its New Orleans setting, and its reception into U.S. law is exemplary."- Mark V. Tushnet , author of Why the Constitution Matters, With a keen eye for personalities and telling details, Hoffer forcefully situates Plessy v. Ferguson and its doctrine of 'equal, but separate' within the long and troubling history of America's struggle with race down to the present day.-- Charles A. Lofgren , author of The Plessy Case: A Legal-Historical Interpretation Hoffer provides a much-needed synthesis of recent scholarship, while adding his own useful (and sometimes provocative) insights and interpretations.-- Michael A. Ross , author of Justice Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War Era Hoffer's treatment of the case's primary antagonists, its New Orleans setting, and its reception into U.S. law is exemplary.-- Mark V. Tushnet , author of Why the Constitution Matters
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
342.7308/73
Table Of Content
Editors' Preface Acknowledgments Introduction. A Test Case 1. The Crescent City 2. An Odious Law 3. The Long Road to the High Court 4. A Segregated Court 5. Plessy's World Epilogue. an Enduring Legacy Chronology Bibliographic Essay Index
Synopsis
A concise readable summary and guide to Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), one of the Supreme Court's most famous and controversial decisions--one that offered legal cover for the practice of segregation for nearly six decades., Six decades before Rosa Parks boarded her fateful bus, another traveler in the Deep South tried to strike a blow against racial discrimination--but ultimately fell short of that goal, leading to the Supreme Court's landmark 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson . Now Williamjames Hull Hoffer vividly details the origins, litigation, opinions, and aftermath of this notorious case. In response to the passage of the Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890, which prescribed "equal but separate accommodations" on public transportation, a group called the Committee of Citizens decided to challenge its constitutionality. At a pre-selected time and place, Homer Plessy, on behalf of the committee, boarded a train car set aside for whites, announced his non-white racial identity, and was immediately arrested. The legal deliberations that followed eventually led to the Court's 7-1 decision in Plessy, which upheld both the Louisiana statute and the state's police powers. It also helped create a Jim Crow system that would last deep into the twentieth century, until Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and other cases helped overturn it. Hoffer's readable study synthesizes past work on this landmark case, while also shedding new light on its proceedings and often-neglected historical contexts. From the streets of New Orleans' Faubourg Trem district to the justices' chambers at the Supreme Court, he breathes new life into the opposing forces, dissecting their arguments to clarify one of the most important, controversial, and socially revealing cases in American law. He particularly focuses on Justice Henry Billings Brown's ruling that the statute's "equal, but separate" condition was a sufficient constitutional standard for equality, and on Justice John Marshall Harlan's classic dissent, in which he stated, "Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among its citizens." Hoffer's compelling reconstruction illuminates the controversies and impact of Plessy v. Ferguson for a new generation of students and other interested readers. It also pays tribute to a group of little known heroes from the Deep South who failed to hold back the tide of racial segregation but nevertheless laid the groundwork for a less divided America.
LC Classification Number
KF223.P56H64 2012
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