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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol Weisbrod |
ISBN: | 0691089248 9780691089249 0691089256 9780691089256 |
Language Note: | English. |
OCLC Number: | 995186166 |
Description: | 1 online resource (232 pages). |
Contents: | Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: Monumental Federalism; 1. Owen in America: Ambiguities in the Concept of the Federal System; 2. Indians and Individualists: A Multiplicity of Sovereignties; 3. An Imperium in Imperio: The Mormon Empire and Later Developments; 4. Another Yoder Case: The Separatist Community and the Dissenting Individual; 5. Melting Pots and Pariah Peoples; PART TWO: The Peaceable Kingdom; 6. Theoreticians: Questions Left Open; 7. The Minority Treaties of the League of Nations; 8. The Debate over Education: Truth, Peace, Citizenship. 9. Children and Groups: Problems in Fact and in Theory10. Negotiating the Frameworks: The Problem of the Sensitive Citizen; Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
Series Title: | Cultural lives of law. |
Other Titles: | Cultural Lives of Law Ser Cultural Lives of Law |
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Abstract:
The framing of group life by the state has been a subject of considerable interest and controversy throughout the history of the USA. This text deals with state responses to cultural difference, examining a number of encounters between individuals, groups, and the state, in the US and elsewhere.
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In this rich and wide-ranging book, the reader is likely to encounter some stories that are thought-provoking, some of that were previously unfamiliar, and some that put old disputes in a new light. -- Keith E. Whittington The Law and Politics Book Review Read more...
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