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The Greatest and the Grandest Act : The Civil Rights Act of 1866 from Reconstruction to Today.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (212 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780809336531
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Greatest and the Grandest ActDDC classification:
  • 342.73085
LOC classification:
  • KF4558
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. "Membership of a Nation, and Nothing More": The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Narrowing of Citizenship in the Civil War Era -- 2. The Other Citizenship Clause -- 3. The 1866 Civil Rights Act and the Beginning of Military Reconstruction -- 4. "In Accordance with the Spirit of the Times": African American Citizenship and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 in New England Law and Politics -- 5. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 in Kentucky and Missouri -- 6. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 in South Carolina -- 7. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 at the Supreme Court -- 8. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Right to Contract -- 9. The Origins of Arguments over Affirmative Action: Lessons from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 -- 10. The Janus of Civil Rights Law -- Appendix: The Civil Rights Act of 1866 -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. "Membership of a Nation, and Nothing More": The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Narrowing of Citizenship in the Civil War Era -- 2. The Other Citizenship Clause -- 3. The 1866 Civil Rights Act and the Beginning of Military Reconstruction -- 4. "In Accordance with the Spirit of the Times": African American Citizenship and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 in New England Law and Politics -- 5. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 in Kentucky and Missouri -- 6. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 in South Carolina -- 7. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 at the Supreme Court -- 8. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Right to Contract -- 9. The Origins of Arguments over Affirmative Action: Lessons from the Civil Rights Act of 1866 -- 10. The Janus of Civil Rights Law -- Appendix: The Civil Rights Act of 1866 -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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