Law and society in the south : a history of North Carolina court cases / John Wertheimer.

Author/creator Wertheimer, John, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoLexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009.
Descriptionx, 282 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesNew directions in southern history
New directions in southern history. ^A700550
Contents White couples and mulatto babies : Jacksonian age divorce and democratization -- A former slave and his white wife during reconstruction : the case of Pinkney and Sarah Ross -- De jure housing segregation in progressive era Winston-Salem : the case of William Darnell -- Evolution and defamation : the case of Reverend J.R. Pentuff -- Escape of the match-strikers : the Samarcand arson case of 1931 -- Padlocking Greenwich Village : urbanization and public nuisance law -- Reading and the right to vote: James R. Walker Jr. and North Carolina's literacy test -- Native Americans and school desegregation : the Chavis case in Robeson.
Local noteLittle-351858--305131030481T
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009005659
ISBN9780813125350 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813125359 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Stacks KFN7478 .W47 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold