Recasting American Liberty: Gender, Race, Law, and the Railroad Revolution, 1865 1920 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521640206)

Through courtroom dramas from 1865 to 1920, Recasting American Liberty offers a dramatic reconsideration of the critical role railroads, and their urban counterpart, streetcars, played in transforming the conditions of individual liberty at the dawn of the 20th 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 corporate power, modern technology and modern urban space.

Author: Barbara Young Welke
ISBN-10: 0521640202
ISBN-13: 9780521640206
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2001
Pages: 426
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2002 pg. 171