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1、P1:JZP9780521803069preCUFX176/Grossberg9780521803069January15,200815:14thecambridgehistoryoflawinamericavolumeiiTheLongNineteenthCentury(1789–1920)LawstandsatthecenterofmodernAmericanlife.Sincethe1950s,Americanhis-torianshaveproducedanextraordinarilyrichandd
2、iverseliteraturethathasvastlyexpandedourknowledgeofthisfamiliarandvitalyetcomplexandmultifacetedphenomenon.Butfewattemptshavebeenmadetotakefullaccountoflaw’sAmer-icanhistory.TheCambridgeHistoryofLawinAmericahasbeendesignedforjustthispurpose.Inthreevolumeswep
3、utondisplayalltheintellectualvitalityandvarietyofcontemporaryAmericanlegalhistory.WepresentascomprehensiveandauthoritativeanaccountaspossibleofthepresentunderstandingandrangeofinterpretationofthehistoryofAmericanlaw.Wesuggestwherefutureresearchmaylead.Inthel
4、ongcenturyafter1789weseethecrystallizationand,aftertheCivilWar,thereinventionofadistinctivelyAmericanstatesystem–federal,regionalandlocal;weseetheappearanceofsystematiclegaleducation,thespreadofthelegalprofession,andthegrowingdensityoflegalinstitutions.Overa
5、ll,welearnthatinAmericalawbecomesatechniqueoffirstresortwhereverhumanactivity,inallshapesandsizes,meetsupwiththedesiretoorganizeit:thereceptionanddistributionofmigrantpopulations;theexpulsionandtransferofindigenouspeoples;thestructureofsociallife;theliberatio
6、nofslavesandtheconfinementoffreedpeople;andthegreatchurningenginesofcontinentalexpansion,urbangrowth,capitalistinnovation,industrialization.Weseehowlawintertwineswithreligion,howitbecomesingrainedinpopularculture,andhowitintersectswiththesemi-separateworldofA
7、mericanmilitarismandwiththe“outside”worldofothernations.TheCambridgeHistoryofLawinAmericahasbeenmadepossiblebythegeneroussupportoftheAmericanBarFoundation.VolumesIandIIIcoverthehistoryoflawinAmerica,respectively,fromthefirstmomentsofEnglishcolonizingthroughth
8、ecreationandstabilizationoftherepublic;andfromthe1920suntiltheearlytwenty-firstcentury.MichaelGrossbergistheSallyM.ReahardProfessorofHistoryandaProfessorofLawatIndianaUniversity.Hisresearchfocuse
