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

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George I. Lovell, LOVELL GEORGE I, Lovell George I.
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780226494043
• ISBN: 978-0-226-49404-3
• Pagine: 280
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Chicago Series in Law and Society; Chicago Series in Law and Soci; Chicago Series in Law and Society
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, LAW / Legal History, Legal History, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship