The people and their peace : legal culture and the transformation of inequality in the post-revolutionary south
2009
340.11 E26 2011
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Title
The people and their peace : legal culture and the transformation of inequality in the post-revolutionary south
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
Description
xvi, 430 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
340.11 E26 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)255954426
Note
This study discusses changes in the legal logic of slavery, race, and gender. Drawing on extensive archival research in North and South Carolina, Laura F. Edwards illuminates those changes by revealing the importance of localized legal practice.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-410) and index.
Contents: All was chaos in our legal world : excavating localized law from beneath the layers of Southern history -- Keeping the peace : people's proximity to law -- Bread from chaff : defining offenses against the peace -- Possession and the personality of property : the material basis of authority -- Wasted substance : the operation and regulation of patriarchy -- Subjects vs. rights-holding individuals -- New states : freemen as consistent units of measure.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-410) and index.
Contents: All was chaos in our legal world : excavating localized law from beneath the layers of Southern history -- Keeping the peace : people's proximity to law -- Bread from chaff : defining offenses against the peace -- Possession and the personality of property : the material basis of authority -- Wasted substance : the operation and regulation of patriarchy -- Subjects vs. rights-holding individuals -- New states : freemen as consistent units of measure.
L2011M102
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