The People's Welfare

The People's Welfare Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America - Studies in Legal History

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Hardback (30 Dec 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study refutes the vision of the USA's stateless past by documenting America's long history of government regulation in the areas of public safety and health, political economy and property, and morality. Challenging the myth of individualism, the author explores the commitment to public duty.

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The University of North Carolina Press

Book information

ISBN: 9780807822920
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Pub date:
Edition: New edition
DEWEY: 349.7309034
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 408
Weight: 835g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 34mm