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Civil War High Commands

ePub Civil War High Commands by John H. Eicher; David J. Eicher in History

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Winner of the 2017 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award; sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Finalist for the C. Wright Mills Book Award; sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Winner of the 2017 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award; sponsored by the American Sociological Association's Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Winner of the 2017 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book; sponsored by the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Culture Section. Honorable Mention in the 2017 Book Award from the American Sociological Association's Section on Race; Class; and Gender. NAACP Image Award Nominee for an Outstanding Literary Work from a debut author. Winner of the 2017 Prose Award for Excellence in Social Sciences and the 2017 Prose Category Award for Law and Legal Studies; sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division; Association of American Publishers. Silver Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards (Current Events/Social Issues category). Americans are slowly waking up to the dire effects of racial profiling; police brutality; and mass incarceration; especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods and communities of color. The criminal courts are the crucial gateway between police action on the street and the processing of primarily black and Latino defendants into jails and prisons. And yet the courts; often portrayed as sacred; impartial institutions; have remained shrouded in secrecy; with the majority of Americans kept in the dark about how they function internally. Crook County bursts open the courthouse doors and enters the hallways; courtrooms; judges' chambers; and attorneys' offices to reveal a world of punishment determined by race; not offense. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve spent ten years working in and investigating the largest criminal courthouse in the country; Chicago–Cook County; and based on over 1;000 hours of observation; she takes readers inside our so-called halls of justice to witness the types of everyday racial abuses that fester within the courts; often in plain sight. We watch white courtroom professionals classify and deliberate on the fates of mostly black and Latino defendants while racial abuse and due process violations are encouraged and even seen as justified. Judges fall asleep on the bench. Prosecutors hang out like frat boys in the judges' chambers while the fates of defendants hang in the balance. Public defenders make choices about which defendants they will try to "save" and which they will sacrifice. Sheriff's officers cruelly mock and abuse defendants' family members. Crook County's powerful and at times devastating narratives reveal startling truths about a legal culture steeped in racial abuse. Defendants find themselves thrust into a pernicious legal world where courtroom actors live and breathe racism while simultaneously committing themselves to a colorblind ideal. Gonzalez Van Cleve urges all citizens to take a closer look at the way we do justice in America and to hold our arbiters of justice accountable to the highest standards of equality.


#641247 in Books Stanford University Press 2002-06-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 11.00 x 2.00 x 8.50l; 5.80 #File Name: 08047364131040 pages


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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerOf great value in understanding the great leaders of the Civil War.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Husband pleaserBy Stacy SmithGot for hubby - he really enjoys this book. Pulls it out not infrequently to fact check.8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. A feast of details and informationBy James W. DurneyIn the forward; John Y. Simon; states this is not "a book to curl up with on a cold winter night" or a book that you would "take to the beach". He is correct; this is not a book that you will sit down and read; unless you normally read baseball encyclopedias. This book is a feast of facts; statistics and information relating to the American Civil War.How many men did New York supply when Lincoln asked for 75;000 men in 1861? There is a multiple page table with the answer; by state by levy for the USA and CSA. When was Ebenezer Dumont born? What is his military record? When did he die and where is he buried? If you are still reading; you may want to consider buying this book.The first hundred pages is information about the nation; political structure and the military forces. This is followed by 600 pages of biographies of general and flag offices and "Might-Have-Beens'. The answers to the questions on Ebenezer Dumont are in this section. The next 100 pages; details grades and rank for general and flag level officers. This section has tables with date of rank; nomination; confirmation and termination for each. A second table lists all these officers by grade by date of rank. Need to know who was the CSA's senior Brigadier General in 1865? After finding that answer; go back to the biographies to see what he did during the war. The next hundred pages cover the command structure for both sides. Departments were vital during the war. Commanders in one department constantly looked to other departments for support. More often than not; the other department commander was busy with his own problems. This section will allow you to check the department history; next time you try to understand why J.E. Johnston could not get Forrest to attack Sherman's supply lines in 1864. Ending the book is about seventy pages of important dates; a good bibliography and a name index. Package all this information on a large format nicely bound book and you have a feast for detail people.People whose knowledge of the war; I respect; say the information is accurate. I know this is a very hansom book; well presented that is great fun for the serious student of the American Civil War. If you qualify as a "serious student" and a "detail person"; this is a book you should enjoy.

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