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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781669603321

Titolo

Race and liberty in America [[electronic resource] ] : the essential reader / / edited by Jonathan Bean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2009

ISBN

0-8131-3520-6

1-283-23363-0

9786613233639

0-8131-7362-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Independent studies in political economy

Altri autori (Persone)

BeanJonathan J

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Minorities - Civil rights - United States - History

Civil rights - United States - History

Civil rights movements - United States - History

United States Race relations History Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with The Independent Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of documents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Civil rights and classical liberalism -- Antislavery (1776-1853) -- The Republican era (1854-1876) -- Colorblindness in a color-conscious era (1877-1920) -- Republicans and race (1921-1932) -- The Roosevelt years (1933-1945) -- Classical liberals in the civil rights era (1946-1964) -- Individualists in an age of group discrimination (1965-Present) -- Conclusion : past, present, future.

Sommario/riassunto

The history of civil rights in the United States is usually analyzed and interpreted through the lenses of modern conservatism and progressive liberalism. In Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader, author Jonathan Bean argues that the historical record does not conveniently fit into either of these categories and that knowledge of the American classical liberal tradition is required to gain a more accurate understanding of the past, present, and future of civil liberties in the nation. By assembling and contextualizing classic documents, from the Declaration of Independence to th