This Is Not Civil Rights

Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America

George I. Lovell

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Chicago University Press
01 October 2012

Civil rights & citizenship; Law; Legal history

Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society

Since at least the time of Tocqueville, observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. Drawing on a remarkable cache of Depression-era complaint letters written by ordinary Americans to the Justice Department, the author challenges these common claims.

By: George I. Lovell
Imprint: Chicago University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780226494043
ISBN 10: 0226494047
Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 October 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

George I. Lovell is associate professor of political science at the University of Washington. He is the author of Legislative Deferrals.

Reviews for This Is Not Civil Rights: Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America

"""A masterly and potentially path-breaking analysis of American 'rights talk,' a much-maligned but largely misunderstood phenomenon. Using a trove of letters written in 1939 and 1940 by ordinary Americans to the Justice Department's then-new Civil Liberties Unit, George I. Lovell shows that many of the standard claims about American rights talk are wrong; beyond the fervent hope for a rights-regulated society lies a worldly wise realism about rights' limited capacity to bring about real change."" (Charles R. Epp, University of Kansas)"""