This Is Not Civil Rights - Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America

Informationen zum Autor George I. Lovell is associate professor of political science at the University of Washington. He is the author of Legislative Deferrals. Klappentext Since at least the time of Tocqueville! observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. Drawing on a remarkable cache of Depression-era complaint letters written by ordinary Americans to the Justice Department! the author challenges these common claims. Zusammenfassung Since at least the time of Tocqueville! observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. Drawing on a remarkable cache of Depression-era complaint letters written by ordinary Americans to the Justice Department! the author challenges these common claims.

Product details

• Authors: George I. Lovell, LOVELL GEORGE I, Lovell George I.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780226494036
• ISBN: 978-0-226-49403-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society; Chicago Series in Law and Soci; Chicago Series in Law and Society
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, LAW / Legal History, Legal History, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship