From Tavern to Courthouse: Architecture and Ritual in American Law, 1658-1860
Author:   Martha J. McNamara (Wellesley College)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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9780801873959


Pages:   182
Publication Date:   01 October 2004
Recommended Age:   From 17
Format:   Hardback
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From Tavern to Courthouse: Architecture and Ritual in American Law, 1658-1860


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Author:   Martha J. McNamara (Wellesley College)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780801873959


ISBN 10:   0801873959
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   01 October 2004
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introducion. Lawyers, Architects, and the Redefinition of Public Space Chapter 1. Summoned among Rogues and Thieves : Court Settings and Procedures at Century's End Chapter 2. Constructing a Profession: Lawyers, Courts, and Commerce in Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts Chapter 3. A Grand Procession of Court and Bar : Judicial Landscapes and the Representation of Legal Power Chapter 4. Housing the Courts: Law and Architecture in the Early Republic Epilogue. Slaves and Scriveners: The Assault on Professional Authority Notes Bibliography Index

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<p>McNamara embeds an architectural history of the transformation of civic space in an argument that stresses the causal imperatives of professionalization... From Tavern to Courthouse is to be recommended.--Christopher Lawrence Tomlins William and Mary Quarterly (01/01/2005)


Will remain as a highly valuable resource for those studying early American law. -- Claire Priest, Law and History Review


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Martha J. McNamara is an associate professor of history at the University of Maine.

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