Echo of Its Time
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-1214-6 (ISBN)
The book explores the inner workings of the court through Thomas Munger’s personal correspondence, as well as the court’s origins and growing influence under the direction of its legendary first judge, Elmer Dundy. Dundy handled many notable and controversial matters and made significant decisions in the field of Native American law, including Standing Bear v. Crook and Elk v. Wilkins. From the turn of the century through 1933 the court’s docket reflected the dramatic and rapid changes in state, regional, and national dynamics, including labor disputes and violence, political corruption and Progressive Era reform efforts, conflicts between cattle ranchers and homesteaders, wartime sedition and “slacker” prosecutions, criminal enterprises, and the endless battles between government agents and bootleggers during Prohibition.
John R. Wunder is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 (Nebraska, 2008) and Native American Sovereignty. Mark R. Scherer is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska Omaha. He is the author of Rights in the Balance: Free Press, Fair Trial, and Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart and Imperfect Victories: The Legal Tenacity of the Omaha Tribe, 1945–1995 (Nebraska, 1999).
Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. In the Beginning
2. The Dundy Years
3. Native Americans and Judge Dundy
4. Railroads and the Ermine of the Bench
5. The Politics of Transition
6. The “One Munger” Court
7. The Cattle Barons Cases
8. The “Two Munger” Court
9. The Early Munger-Woodrough Years
10. Prohibition and the Dennison Trial
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.01.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | 19 illustrations, index |
Verlagsort | Lincoln |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4962-1214-2 / 1496212142 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4962-1214-6 / 9781496212146 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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