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The rights revolution : rights and community in modern America / Samuel Walker.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Walker, Samuel, 1942- author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.
Civil rights.
Communitarianism--United States.
Communitarianism.
Social values--United States.
Social values.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 p.)
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In reply to critics, this book details the history of the rise of rights in American society, from the birth of the civil rights movement to today.
Contents:
CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter One: THE PROBLEM OF RIGHTS; Chapter Two: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LIFE; Chapter Three: BELONGING TO AMERICA: RIGHTS AND MEMBERSHIP; Chapter Four: SPEAKING AND BELONGING: FREE SPEECH AND COMMUNITY; Chapter Five: THE CONFINED AND THE ACCUSED; Chapter Six: THE LIMITS OF COMMUNITARIANISM; Chapter Seven: CONCLUSION: NEW RULES FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY; NOTES; INDEX
Notes:
Includes index.
Previously issued in print: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-771715-2
1-280-44164-X
1-4237-3455-6
0-19-534471-5
1-60256-627-5
OCLC:
559885444

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