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Record Nr.

UNISA996247968503316

Autore

Cushman Barry <1960->

Titolo

Rethinking the New Deal Court [[electronic resource] ] : The Structure of a Constitutional Revolution

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-772043-9

1-280-60022-5

9786610600229

1-4237-4137-4

0-19-535401-X

1-60256-210-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

342.73029

347.73035

Soggetti

Constitutional history

Constitutional history - United States

New Deal, 1933-1939

United States Economic policy 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Roosevelt's Shadow; 2 Judging the Image of New Deal Court Judging; 3 The Public/Private Distinction and the Minimum Wage; 4 From Adkins to Nebbia; 5 The Minimum Wage Cases Revisited; 6 The Liberal Dilemma; 7 Associationalism Ascendant; 8 Doctrinal Synergies; 9 A Stream of Legal Consciousness; 10 Catching the Current; 11 The Persistence of Memory; 12 The Struggle with Judicial Supremacy; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Great Depression was a time of hardship for many Americans, but for the citizens of Harlem it was made worse by past and present discrimination. Or Does It Explode? examines Black Harlem from the 1920's through the Depression and New Deal to the outbreak of World War II. It describes the changing economic and social lives of Harlemites, and the complex responses of a resilient community to



racism and poverty. Greenberg demonstrates that far from remaining passive in the face of hard times, Harlemites mobilized to better their opportunities and living conditions through numerous organization