Forging Rivals - Race, Class, Law, and the Collapse of Postwar Liberalism

Forging Rivals tells the story of the rise and fall of postwar liberalism.

List of contents

Introduction. Legal history and the death of postwar liberalism; 1. Forging postwar liberalism; 2. Ed Rainbow's problem; 3. The phony commission; 4. A tale of two propositions; 5. 1966: a terrible year for George Johns; 6. 'The day of the minstrel show is over'; 7. Forging rivals, shattering liberalism.

About the author

Reuel Schiller is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law, where he teaches American legal history, labor law, and administrative law.

Summary

Forging Rivals tells the story of the rise and fall of postwar liberalism, vividly recounting the attempts of working people, labor lawyers, and civil rights litigators to create a legal system that promoted both economic opportunity and racial egalitarianism.

Product details

• Authors: Reuel Schiller, Reuel E. Schiller
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2015
• EAN: 9781107012264
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01226-4
• No. of pages: 355
• Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society; Cambridge Historical Studies i; Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / General, Legal History, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Centrist democratic ideologies