The people and their peace : legal culture and the transformation of inequality in the post-revolutionary south

The people and their peace : legal culture and the transformation of inequality in the post-revolutionary south / Laura F. Edwards.

Author/creator	Edwards, Laura F.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Description	xvi, 430 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Law--Social aspects --Southern States --History. Women--Legal status, laws, etc. --Southern States --History --19th century. Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc. --Southern States --History --19th century. Free African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. --Southern States --History --19th century. People with social disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc. --Southern States --History --19th century.

Contents	All was chaos in our legal world : excavating localized law from beneath the layers of Southern history -- Keeping the peace : people's proximity to law -- Bread from chaff : defining offenses against the peace -- Possession and the personality of property : the material basis of authority -- Wasted substance : the operation and regulation of patriarchy -- Subjects vs. rights-holding individuals -- New states : freemen as consistent units of measure.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-410) and index.
LCCN	2008041343
ISBN	9780807832639 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807832634 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Stacks	KF 366 .E329 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold