Becoming Free, Becoming Black Race, Freedom, and the Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana (Studies in Legal History) by ArielaJ. Gross Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2020 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-48064-2, ISBN: 1-108-48064-0
"How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackness synonymous with slavery. Looking closely at three slave societies - Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana - Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross demonstr ..."
"Much of the current reassessment of race, culture, and criminal justice in the nineteenth-century South has been based on intensive community studies. Drawing on previously untapped sources, the nine original papers collected here represent some of the best new work on how racial justice can be shaped by the particulars of time and place.Although each essay is anchored in the local, several important larger themes emerge across the volu ..."
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" Designed for introductory-level survey courses in American History. America Past and Present, Brief Edition presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, blending the best in past historical interpretation with new scholarship. The eighth edition features all of the strengths found in the successful comprehensive text: a compelling narrative, clear organizat ..."
" Designed for introductory-level survey courses in American History. America Past and Present integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one rich chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. Written in a lively narrative style by award-winning historians, America Past and Present tells the story of all Americans—elite and or ..."
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" Focuses students on the story of American history. The American Story integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. This text is the concise version of America: Past and Present 10th edition. It includes the complete narrative from the comprehensive title with fewer in-text feature ..."
" Focuses students on the story of American history. For an undergraduate introductory level survey of United States history. American Stories enhances the accessibility of United States history by concentrating on the most commonly taught topics while retaining a strong narrative emphasis and chronological organization. Each chapter follows a consistent pedagogy that maximizes student learning. The text goes beyond the major ev ..."
" Designed for introductory-level survey courses in American History. The American Story presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, integrating social and political history into a coherent and compelling narrative. Acknowledging the nation's rich diversity of class, race, gender, and ethnicity, this edition tells the story of the people who, through the ..."
"Based on the idea that you can't cover (and don't want to) everything in a survey course, H.W. Brands and a team of award-winning historians present the story of American history in a refreshing new way. American Stories: A History of the United States concentrates on the topics most commonly taught in an American history survey course, with a focus on the major themes and the connections between them. A unique pedagogical progra ..."
"America Past and Present integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one rich chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. Writing in a lively narrative style by six award-winning historians, America Past and Present tells the story of all Americans–elite and ordinary, women and men, rich and poor, white majority and minorities–the autho ..."
"The American Story presents a balanced and manageable overview of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, integrating social and political history into a coherent and compelling narrative. Acknowledging the nation's rich diversity of class, race, gender, and ethnicity, this edition tells the story both of the people who, through their collective and individual endeavors, shaped the past and of the demands that e ..."
" Explore America’s rich and complex past in this accessible presentation of American history Using a streamlined and powerful narrative, the authors take readers beyond an assortment of facts to tell the story of our nation. American Stories covers the essential elements and events in American history and uses significant incidents and episodes to reflect the dilemmas, choices, and decisions made by the American people as well as ..."
American Stories(3rd Edition) A History of the United States, Volume 1 Plus NEW MyHistoryLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package by H. W. Brands, R. Hal Williams, T. H. Breen, ArielaJ. Gross Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2014 by Pearson Student Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-205-99080-1, ISBN: 0-205-99080-0
" Explore America’s rich and complex past in this accessible presentation of American history Using a streamlined and powerful narrative, the authors take readers beyond an assortment of facts to tell the story of our nation. American Stories covers the essential elements and events in American history and uses significant incidents and episodes to reflect the dilemmas, choices, and decisions made by the American people as well as ..."
" Focuses students on the story of American history. America : Past and Present integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. Written by award-winning historians, it tells the story of all Americans–elite and ordinary, women and men, rich and poor, white majority and minorities. ..."
" Focuses students on the story of American history. America : Past and Present integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. Written by award-winning historians, it tells the story of all Americans—elite and ordinary, women and men, rich and poor, white majority and minorities. ..."
" Focuses students on the story of American history. For an undergraduate introductory level survey of United States history. American Stories enhances the accessibility of United States history by concentrating on the most commonly taught topics while retaining a strong narrative emphasis and chronological organization. Each chapter follows a consistent pedagogy that maximizes student learning. The text goes beyond the major ev ..."