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The long, lingering shadow : slavery, race, and law in the American hemisphere / Robert J. Cottrol.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cottrol, Robert J.
- Series:
- Studies in the legal history of the South.
- Studies in the legal history of the South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Law and legislation--America.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Law and legislation--Western Hemisphere.
- Black people--Legal status, laws, etc--Western Hemisphere.
- Black people.
- Slavery--History--Western Hemisphere.
- Race relations--History--Western Hemisphere.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 370 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Students of American history know of the law's critical role in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States. Showing that this history is best appreciated in a comparative perspective, The Long, Lingering Shadow looks at the parallel legal histories of race relations in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America. Robert J. Cottrol takes the reader on a journey from the origins of New World slavery in colonial Latin America to current debates and litigation over affirmative action in Brazil and the United States, as well as contemporary struggles against racial discrimination and
- Contents:
- pt. I. Our bondage and our freedom
- pt. II. A white man's country
- pt. III. From emancipation to equality.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-362) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299448636
- 1299448631
- 9780820344768
- 0820344761
- OCLC:
- 831669929
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