03107oam 22004812 450 991097343010332120251116185333.01-000-05311-30-367-82350-010.4324/9780367823504(CKB)4100000010563894(MiAaPQ)EBC6128191(OCoLC)1135911880(OCoLC-P)1135911880(FlBoTFG)9780367823504(EXLCZ)99410000001056389420200106h20202020 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican race relations and the legacy of British colonialism /Thomas H. Stanton1st ed.New York, NY :Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group,2020.©20201 online resource (67 pages)0-367-42321-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Colonial Economies, Societies, and Laws -- 3 The Rule of Law and Its Significance -- 4 Law and America's Divided Society -- 5 Conclusion: Overcoming the Colonial History of America's Divided Society -- Index."Colonial rule distorts a colony's economy and its society, and British rule was no exception. British policies led to a stratified American colonial society with slaves on the bottom and white settlers on top. The divided society functioned through laws that imposed rules and defined roles of the respective races. This occurred in other colonies too, often leading to strife that continues today. Especially since World War II the United States seems finally to have been able to remove many laws and practices that had created barriers between races in the divided society. Appeals to legitimacy, such as by abolitionists and the Civil Rights Movement, were essential to change laws from support of the divided society to instruments for disestablishing it. Thanks to the rule of law - another important British legacy -- the U.S. is much farther along than many former colonies in making progress. By highlighting the history of the interplay of two fundamental concepts, the divided society and the rule of law, and briefly contrasting the experiences of other former colonies, this book shows how the United States has made significant long-term progress, although incomplete, and ways for this to continue today"--Provided by publisher.African AmericansLegal status, laws, etcHistoryUnited StatesRace relationsHistoryUnited StatesColonial influenceAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.History.305.800973Stanton Thomas H.1944-1650900OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910973430103321American race relations and the legacy of British colonialism4483810UNINA