Könyv Recasting American Liberty Barbara Young Welke

Recasting American Liberty

Gender, Race, Law, and the Railroad Revolution, 1865-1920

Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Puha kötésű
Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten
Küldés 14-21 napon belül
19 388 Ft
Through courtroom dramas from 1865 to 1920 - of men forced to jump from moving cars when trainmen re...

Információk a könyvről

Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Puha kötésű
Kiadva
2001
oldal
426
EAN
9780521649667
ISBN
0521649668
Enbook ID
02039164
Súly
593
Méretek
152 x 229 x 24

Teljes leírás

Through courtroom dramas from 1865 to 1920 - of men forced to jump from moving cars when trainmen refused to stop, of women emotionally wrecked from the trauma of nearly missing a platform or street, and women barred from first class ladies' cars because of the color of their skin - Barbara Welke offers a dramatic reconsideration of the critical role railroads, and streetcars, played in transforming the conditions of individual liberty at the dawn of the twentieth century. The three-part narrative, focusing on the law of accidental injury, nervous shock, and racial segregation in public transit, captures Americans' journey from a cultural and legal ethos celebrating manly independence and autonomy to one that recognized and sought to protect the individual against the dangers of modern life. Gender and race become central to the transformation charted here, as much as the forces of corporate power, modern technology and urban space.

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