01878nam a2200313Ia 4500 ebr10120438 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 030325s2004 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2003048467 0511164335 0521824621 (hardback) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)69257770 KF394 .S39 2004eb Schweber, Howard H. The creation of American common law, 1850-1880 [electronic resource] : technology, politics, and the construction of citizenship / Howard Schweber. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004. viii, 296 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-292) and index. Introduction -- North and South -- Illinois: "We were determined to have a rail-road" -- "The memory of man runneth not to the contrary": cases involving damage to property -- "Intelligent beings": cases involving injuries to persons -- The North: Ohio, Vermont, and New York -- Virginia in the 1850s: the last days of planter rule -- The common law of antebellum Virginia: the preservation of status -- Virginia's version of American common law: old wine in new bottles -- The South: Georgia, North Carolina, and Kentucky -- Legal change and social order. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Common law United States History 19th century. Customary law United States History 19th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10120438 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 112067 112067