Features & Benefits
- G. Edward White's volume on American legal history covers the period from colonial settlement through the Civil War
- The book explores the influence of Anglo-American theories of sovereignty and imperial governance on the American Revolution
- White investigates how legal institutions dealt with westward expansion and transforming developments in transportation, communication, and agriculture in the 19th century
- The book is revisionist in approach, providing fresh perspectives on familiar topics such as race, gender, slavery, and the treatment of native Americans
- Recent scholarship in anthropology, ethnography, and economic, political, intellectual, and legal history is incorporated into the text
- Accessible to general readers, this book is an essential resource for students and scholars of law and legal history