{"product_id":"9781621900405","title":"A Documentary History of the American Civil War Era: Judicial Decisions, 1867-1896","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Documentary History of the American Civil War Era\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive collection\u003cbr\u003e of public policy actions, political speeches, and judicial decisions related to the American\u003cbr\u003e Civil War. Collectively, the four volumes in this series give scholars, teachers, and students\u003cbr\u003e easy access to the full texts of the most important, fundamental documents as well as hardto-\u003cbr\u003e find, rarely published primary sources on this critical period in U.S. history.\u003cp\u003eThe first two volumes of the series,\u003ci\u003e Legislative Achievements\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePolitical Arguments,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e were released last year. The final installment, \u003ci\u003eJudicial Decisions\u003c\/i\u003e, is divided into two volumes.\u003cbr\u003e The first volume, spanning the years 1857 to 1866, was released last year. This second\u003cbr\u003e volume of \u003ci\u003eJudicial Decisions\u003c\/i\u003e covers the years 1867 to 1896. Included here are some of\u003cbr\u003e the classic judicial decisions of this time such as the 1869 decision in \u003ci\u003eTexas v. White\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003cbr\u003e the first judicial interpretation of the 1868 Fourteenth Amendment, the 1873 \u003ci\u003eSlaughter-\u003cbr\u003e House Cases\u003c\/i\u003e. Other decisions are well known to specialists but deserve wider readership\u003cbr\u003e and discussion, such as the 1867 state and 1878 federal cases that upheld the separation of\u003cbr\u003e the races in public accommodations (and thus constituted the common law of common\u003cbr\u003e commerce) long before the more notorious 1896 case of \u003ci\u003ePlessy v. Ferguson\u003c\/i\u003e (also included).\u003cbr\u003e These judicial voices constitute a lasting and often overlooked aspect of the age of Abraham\u003cbr\u003e Lincoln. Mackey’s headnotes and introductory essays situate cases within their historical\u003cbr\u003e context and trace their lasting significance. In contrast to decisions handed down\u003cbr\u003e during the war, these judicial decisions lasted well past their immediate political and legal\u003cbr\u003e moment and deserve continued scholarship and scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis document collection presents the raw “stuff” of the Civil War era so that students,\u003cbr\u003e scholars, and interested readers can measure and gauge how that generation met Lincoln’s\u003cbr\u003e challenge to “think anew, and act anew.” \u003ci\u003eA Documentary History of the American Civil\u003cbr\u003e War Era\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential acquisition for academic and public libraries in addition to being a\u003cbr\u003e valuable resource for courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, legal history, political\u003cbr\u003e history, and nineteenth-century American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Tennessee Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042269708528,"sku":"9781621900405","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621900405_p0.jpg?v=1763861286","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621900405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}