| Description |
x, 719 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Yale ISPS series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [645]-672) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The hidden lessons of American citizenship laws -- Fierce new world : the colonial sources of American citizenship -- Forging a revolutionary people, 1763-1776 -- Citizen of small republics : the Confederation era, 1776-1789 -- The Constitution and the quest for national citizenship -- Attempting national liberal citizenship : the Federalist years, 1789-1801 -- Toward a commercial nation of white yeoman republics : the Jeffersonian era, 1801-1829 -- High noon of the white republic : the age of Jackson, 1829-1856 -- Dred Scott unchained : the bloody birth of the free labor republic, 1857-1866 -- The America that "never was" : the radical hour, 1866-1876 -- The gilded age of ascriptive Americanism, 1876-1898 -- Progressivism and the new American empire, 1898-1912 -- Epilogue : the party of America. |
| Subject |
Citizenship -- United States -- History.
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Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
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Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| ISBN |
0300069898 (alk. paper) |
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