Overview
John Phillip Reid is widely known for his groundbreaking work in American legal history. A Law of Blood, first published in the early 1970s, led the way in an additional newly emerging academic field: American Indian history. As the field has flourished, this book has remained an authoritative text. Indeed, Gordon Morris Bakken writes in the foreword to this edition that Reid's original study ""shaped scholarship and inquiry for decades."" Forging the research methods that fellow historians would soon adopt, Reid carefully examines the organization and rules of Cherokee clans and towns. Investigating the role of women in Cherokee society, for example, he found that married Cherokee women had more legal authority than their counterparts in Anglo-American society. In particular, Reid explores the Cherokees' revolutionary attitudes toward government and the unique relationship between the members of the tribe and their law. Before the first European contact, the Cherokee Nation had already developed a functioning government, and by the early nineteenth century, the first Cherokee constitution had been enacted.
Full Product Details
Author: John Phillip Reid
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9780875806082
ISBN 10: 0875806082
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 20 March 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Daring and convincing. -- Journal of American History Meaningful.... As a piece of legal history it is exemplary. As a piece of interpretive research it should not be overlooked. -- The Journal of Southern History Rich in detail and explanation.... Certain to remain an exemplary and frequently-referenced source for all students of Cherokee history and Native American history. -- Canadian Journal of History
Daring and convincing. * Journal of American History * Rich in detail and explanation.... Certain to remain an exemplary and frequently referenced source for all students of Cherokee history and Native American history. * Canadian Journal of History * Meaningful.... As a piece of legal history it is exemplary. As a piece of interpretive research it should not be overlooked. * The Journal of Southern History *
Daring and convincing. Journal of American History Meaningful.... As a piece of legal history it is exemplary. As a piece of interpretive research it should not be overlooked. The Journal of Southern History Rich in detail and explanation.... Certain to remain an exemplary and frequently-referenced source for all students of Cherokee history and Native American history. Canadian Journal of History
<p> Daring and convincing. -- Journal of American History <p> Meaningful.... As a piece of legal history it is exemplary. As a piece of interpretive research it should not be overlooked. -- The Journal of Southern History <p> Rich in detail and explanation.... Certain to remain an exemplary and frequently-referenced source for all students of Cherokee history and Native American history. -- Canadian Journal of History
Author Information
John Phillip Reid is Professor of Law Emeritus at New York University and the author of numerous books on legal history, including Controlling the Law and The Ancient Constitution and the Origins of Anglo-American Liberty.
