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Heart versus Head: Judge-Made Law in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History)
Peter Karsten

The University of North Carolina Press, 1997

Challenging traditional accounts of the development of American private law, Peter Karsten offers an important new perspective on the making of the rules of common law and equity in nineteenth-century courts. The central story of that era, he finds, was a struggle between a jurisprudence of the head, which adhered strongly to English precedent, and a jurisprudence of the heart, a humane concern for the rights of parties rendered weak by ...

Pekin Robins and Small Softbills
Peter Karsten, 2007

The most comprehensive and current book on its topic, this handbook provides both novice and experienced aviculturists with detailed information and techniques for managing and breeding pekin robins and other small softbill birds. The topics covered include: biology; housing; predator management; acquisition, quarantine and acclimation; breeding; hand-rearing; feeding; cultivating live food; health care; and conservation breeding. As well the ...

Naval Aristocracy: The Golden Age of Annapolis and the Emergence of Modern American Navalism

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Peter Karsten

Naval Institute Press, 2008

The Naval Aristocracy
I recently developed an interest in getting an understanding of US Naval history. Karsten's book was recommended by my daughter's college history professor for a first read and I was not disappointed. Karsten covers a good deal of the makeup of the officer corps from pre-civil war through the formation of the modern navy in 1882 and into the turn-of-the-century. In context it was appropriate ...

Between Law and Custom: 'High' and 'Low' Legal Cultures in the Lands of the British Diaspora - The United ...
Peter Karsten

Cambridge University Press, 2002

This book explores the three-way struggle between the British colonists who settled North America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa; the British government and its U.S. and Canadian federal government successors; and the indigenous peoples of the settled regions. In the colonies, British law and popular norms clashed over a range of issues, including ready access to land, the property rights of aboriginal people, the taking of property ...

The Magic Mirror: Law in American History
Kermit L. Hall, Peter Karsten

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Chronicling American law from its English origins to the present, and offering for the first time comprehensive treatment of twentieth-century developments, this book sets American law and legal institutions in the broad context of social, economic, and political events, weaving together themes from the history of both constitutional and private law. The Magic Mirror treats law in society, and the legal implications of social change in areas ...

Law, Soldiers, and Combat (Contributions in Legal Studies)
Peter Karsten

Greenwood Press, 1978

The Training and Socializing of Military Personnel (Military and Society)
Peter Karsten

Routledge, 1998

These five volumes concern one of the most important institutions in human history, the military, and the interactions of that institution with the greater society. Military systems "serve" nations; they may also "reflect" them. Soldiers are "enlisted"; they may also be said to "self-select." Military units have "missions"; they also have "interests". In an older, more traditional military history, while the second reflects a newer approach. ...

Patriot-Heroes in England and America: Political Symbolism and Changing Values over Three Centuries

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Peter Karsten

Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1979

A Fascinating Study
This is a very stimulating book dealing with a realm of history that I never really thought of previously. Iniatially, I picked this title up becauseof the rare information on the great whig martyr Algernon Sidney, but I was pleased to find the entire volume well worth my while. I was especially fond of the authors discussion of changing ideological cultures and the popularity or lack ...

Civil-Military Relations (Military and Society, 4)
Peter Karsten

Routledge, 1998

These five volumes concern one of the most important institutions in human history, the military, and the interactions of that institution with the greater society. Military systems "serve" nations; they may also "reflect" them. Soldiers are "enlisted"; they may also be said to "self-select." Military units have "missions"; they also have "interests". In an older, more traditional military history, while the second reflects a newer approach. ...

Recruiting, Drafting, and Enlisting: Two Sides of the Raising of Military Forces (Military and Society, 1)
Peter Karsten

Routledge, 1998

These five volumes concern one of the most important institutions in human history, the military, and the interactions of that institution with the greater society. Military systems "serve" nations; they may also "reflect" them. Soldiers are "enlisted"; they may also be said to "self-select." Military units have "missions"; they also have "interests". In an older, more traditional military history, while the second reflects a newer approach. ...

Encyclopedia of War and American Society (3-Volume Set)

Sage Publications, Inc, 2005

The impact of war on American society has been extensive throughout our nationâ€™s history. War has transformed economic patterns, government policy, public sentiments, social trends and cultural expression. SAGE Reference is proud to announce the Encyclopedia of War and American Society . This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive, highly-credentialed multidisciplinary historical work that examines the numerous ways wars affect societies. The ...

Theory, Method and Practice in Social and Cultural History (Problems in Method and Theory in Social History)
Peter Karsten

NYU Press, 1993

Two decades ago, historical practice in the United States and Europe was challenged by social historians with behaviorist approaches which diverged dramatically from the discipline's traditional preferences for textual evidence. Such accounts explained occurrences in terms of individual intention and a narrative presentation of results. This shift of emphasis in social history was toward routinely generated accounts of individual behavior ...

Soldiers and Society: The Effects of Military Service and War on American Life (Grass Roots Perspectives on ...
Peter Karsten

Greenwood Press, 1978

In this book, Karsten examines the consequences of American military life from the Revolutionary War to the present. Soldiers and Society contains two major sections. A long introduction, containing the author's survey and general conclusions, comprises the first section. The rest of the book is made up of source material--graphs, tables, and first-hand contemporary accounts. Karsten uses statistics extensively for comparative purposes.

The Military-State-Society Symbiosis (Military and Society, 5)
Peter Karsten

Routledge, 1998

These five volumes concern one of the most important institutions in human history, the military, and the interactions of that institution with the greater society. Military systems "serve" nations; they may also "reflect" them. Soldiers are "enlisted"; they may also be said to "self-select." Military units have "missions"; they also have "interests". In an older, more traditional military history, while the second reflects a newer approach. ...

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