LEADER 03107oam 22004812 450 001 9910861011503321 005 20240513040635.0 010 $a1-000-05311-3 010 $a0-367-82350-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780367823504 035 $a(CKB)4100000010563894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6128191 035 $a(OCoLC)1135911880 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1135911880 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780367823504 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010563894 100 $a20200106h20202020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerican race relations and the legacy of British colonialism /$fThomas H. Stanton 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge/Taylor & Francis Group,$d2020. 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (67 pages) 311 $a0-367-42321-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $a"Colonial rule distorts a colony's economy and its society, and British rule was no exception. British policies led to a stratified American colonial society with slaves on the bottom and white settlers on top. The divided society functioned through laws that imposed rules and defined roles of the respective races. This occurred in other colonies too, often leading to strife that continues today. Especially since World War II the United States seems finally to have been able to remove many laws and practices that had created barriers between races in the divided society. Appeals to legitimacy, such as by abolitionists and the Civil Rights Movement, were essential to change laws from support of the divided society to instruments for disestablishing it. Thanks to the rule of law - another important British legacy -- the U.S. is much farther along than many former colonies in making progress. By highlighting the history of the interplay of two fundamental concepts, the divided society and the rule of law, and briefly contrasting the experiences of other former colonies, this book shows how the United States has made significant long-term progress, although incomplete, and ways for this to continue today"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xColonial influence 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory. 676 $a305.800973 700 $aStanton$b Thomas H.$f1944-$01650900 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910861011503321 996 $aAmerican race relations and the legacy of British colonialism$94167844 997 $aUNINA