TY - BOOK AU - Schweber,Howard H. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - The creation of American common law, 1850-1880: technology, politics, and the construction of citizenship AV - KF394 .S39 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Common law KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Customary law KW - Electronic books N1 - 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=255183 ER -