Donald G Nieman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5201549 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald G Nieman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald G |
| FAMILY NAME | Nieman |
| SIGNATURE | NIEMAN D G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6099-085X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Promises to Keep: African Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present
The Elusive Quest for Equality, 1969–1989
Although the nation became more conservative in the 1970s and 1980s, civil rights advocates built on legislative and legal victories of the 1960s to create race-conscious remedies to challenge institutionalized racism. Their position was strengthened by a growing women’s movement that became an important element of the civil rights coalition. Affirmative action and remedies against practices that had a disparate impact on minorities and women exp…
Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
Justice blind to - or blinded by - race Drawing on previously untapped sources, these nine community studies represent some of the best new work on how racial can be shaped by the particulars of time and place. Although each essay is anchored the local, several larger themes emerge across the volume - such as the importance of personality and place, the movement of former slaves from the capriciousness of plantation justice to the (theoretically)…
Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
In the face of Alexis de Tocqueville's concerns about the dangers of American democracy, Christopher Waldrep and Donald G. Nieman note, he found hope in an American appreciation for constitutionalism and the law. America's legalism, he believed, should prevent the realization of what he saw as the potential for majoritarian tyranny in a democratic nation. In this collection of essays, Local Matters, the editors Waldrep and Nieman have provided, f…
Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
Freedom, Racism, and Reconstruction: Collected Writings of LaWanda Cox
LaWanda Cox is widely regarded as one of the most influential historians of Reconstruction and nineteenth-century race relations. Imaginative in conception, forcefully argued, and elegantly written, her work helped reshape historians' understanding of the age of emancipation. Freedom, Racism, and Reconstruction brings together Cox's most important writings spanning more than forty years, including previously published essays, excerpts from her bo…
The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
If Abraham Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator, he was also the only president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Indeed, Lincoln's record on the Constitution and individual rights has fueled a century of debate, from charges that Democrats were singled out for harrassment to Gore Vidal's depiction of Lincoln as an absolute dictator. Now, in The Fate of Liberty, one of America's leading authorities on Lincoln wades straight into this co…
The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth-Century Experience
The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth-Century Experience
Journal Article The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth-Century Experience. Ed. by Donald G. Nieman. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. xviii + 197 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8203-1403-X.) Get access Herman Beiz Herman Beiz University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 2, September 1993, Pag…
The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth Century Experience
Journal Article The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth Century Experience Get access Nieman Donald G., ed. The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth Century Experience. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press. 1992. xvii, 197 pp. $35.00. Michal R. Belknap Michal R. Belknap California Western School of Law & University of California, San Diego Search for other works by this …
Promises to Keep; African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present. Organization of American Historians Bicentennial Essays on the Bill of Rights
A Legal History of Slavery in the United States
Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present
Journal Article Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present By Donald G. Nieman. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. xvi + 275 pp. Cloth, $29.95, ISBN 0-19-505560-8; paper, $9.95, ISBN 0-19-505561-6.) Get access Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present. By Nieman Donald G.. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. xvi + 275 pp. Cloth, $29.95, ISBN 0-19-5…
Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present
Journal Article Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present Get access Nieman Donald G.. Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. xiii, 275 pp. $29.95. Hugh Davis Graham Hugh Davis Graham Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Vol…
The Road to Brown
Journal Article The Road to Brown Get access The Road to Brown. Written and directed by Kulish Mykola. 1990; 50 minutes and 90 minutes. Distributor: California Newsreel. $295 (each version). Donald G. Nieman Donald G. Nieman Clemson University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 35, Issue 3, July 1991, Pages 333–335, https://doi.org/10.2307/845983 Published: 01 July 19…
Black Political Power and Criminal Justice: Washington County, Texas, 1868-1884
Courtly Manners: Law and Race in Nineteenth-Century America
North Carolina Faces the Freedmen: Race Relations during Presidential Reconstruction, 1865-67
The Politics of Judicial Interpretation: The Federal Courts, Department of Justice and Civil Rights, 1866-1876
This landmark work of Constitutional and legal history is the leading account of the ways in which federal judges, attorneys, and other law officers defined a new era of civil and political rights in the South and implemented the revolutionary 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments during Reconstruction
Retreat from Reconstruction, 1869-1879
Journal Article Retreat from Reconstruction, 1869–1879. By William Gillette. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. xiv + 463 pp. Tables, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $27.50.) Get access Donald Nieman Donald Nieman Kansas State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 67, Issue 3, December 1980, Pages 692–693, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889917 …
To Set the Law in Motion: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Legal Rights of Blacks, 1865-1868
To Set the Law in Motion: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Legal Rights of Blacks, 1865-1868
Journal Article To Set the Law in Motion: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Legal Rights of Blacks, 1865–1868. By Donald G. Nieman. (Millwood, N.Y.: KTO, 1979. xvii + 250 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $19.95.) Get access Michael Perman Michael Perman Charles Warren Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 67, Issue 2, September 1980, Pages 419–420, https://doi.org/10.230…
Forty Acres and a Mule: The Freedmen's Bureau and Black Land Ownership
Andrew Johnson, the Freedmen's Bureau, and the Problem of Equal Rights, 1865-1866
Retreat from Reconstruction, 1869-1879
Journal Article Retreat from Reconstruction, 1869–1879. By William Gillette. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. xiv + 463 pp. Tables, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $27.50.) Get access Donald Nieman Donald Nieman Kansas State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 67, Issue 3, December 1980, Pages 692–693, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889917 …
The Politics of Judicial Interpretation: The Federal Courts, Department of Justice and Civil Rights, 1866-1876
This landmark work of Constitutional and legal history is the leading account of the ways in which federal judges, attorneys, and other law officers defined a new era of civil and political rights in the South and implemented the revolutionary 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments during Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson, the Freedmen's Bureau, and the Problem of Equal Rights, 1865-1866
Andrew Johnson, the Freedmen's Bureau, and the Problem of Equal Rights, 1865-1866
Forty Acres and a Mule: The Freedmen's Bureau and Black Land Ownership
Retreat from Reconstruction, 1869-1879
Journal Article Retreat from Reconstruction, 1869–1879. By William Gillette. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. xiv + 463 pp. Tables, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $27.50.) Get access Donald Nieman Donald Nieman Kansas State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 67, Issue 3, December 1980, Pages 692–693, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889917 …
To Set the Law in Motion: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Legal Rights of Blacks, 1865-1868
To Set the Law in Motion: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Legal Rights of Blacks, 1865-1868
Journal Article To Set the Law in Motion: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Legal Rights of Blacks, 1865–1868. By Donald G. Nieman. (Millwood, N.Y.: KTO, 1979. xvii + 250 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index. $19.95.) Get access Michael Perman Michael Perman Charles Warren Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 67, Issue 2, September 1980, Pages 419–420, https://doi.org/10.230…
North Carolina Faces the Freedmen: Race Relations during Presidential Reconstruction, 1865-67
The Politics of Judicial Interpretation: The Federal Courts, Department of Justice and Civil Rights, 1866-1876
This landmark work of Constitutional and legal history is the leading account of the ways in which federal judges, attorneys, and other law officers defined a new era of civil and political rights in the South and implemented the revolutionary 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments during Reconstruction
Courtly Manners: Law and Race in Nineteenth-Century America
Black Political Power and Criminal Justice: Washington County, Texas, 1868-1884
The Road to Brown
Journal Article The Road to Brown Get access The Road to Brown. Written and directed by Kulish Mykola. 1990; 50 minutes and 90 minutes. Distributor: California Newsreel. $295 (each version). Donald G. Nieman Donald G. Nieman Clemson University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 35, Issue 3, July 1991, Pages 333–335, https://doi.org/10.2307/845983 Published: 01 July 19…
Promises to Keep; African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present. Organization of American Historians Bicentennial Essays on the Bill of Rights
A Legal History of Slavery in the United States
Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present
Journal Article Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present By Donald G. Nieman. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. xvi + 275 pp. Cloth, $29.95, ISBN 0-19-505560-8; paper, $9.95, ISBN 0-19-505561-6.) Get access Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present. By Nieman Donald G.. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. xvi + 275 pp. Cloth, $29.95, ISBN 0-19-5…
Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present
Journal Article Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present Get access Nieman Donald G.. Promises to Keep: African-Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. xiii, 275 pp. $29.95. Hugh Davis Graham Hugh Davis Graham Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Vol…
The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth-Century Experience
Journal Article The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth-Century Experience. Ed. by Donald G. Nieman. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. xviii + 197 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8203-1403-X.) Get access Herman Beiz Herman Beiz University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 2, September 1993, Pag…
The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth Century Experience
Journal Article The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth Century Experience Get access Nieman Donald G., ed. The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth Century Experience. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press. 1992. xvii, 197 pp. $35.00. Michal R. Belknap Michal R. Belknap California Western School of Law & University of California, San Diego Search for other works by this …
The Constitution, Law, and American Life: Critical Aspects of the Nineteenth-Century Experience
The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
If Abraham Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator, he was also the only president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Indeed, Lincoln's record on the Constitution and individual rights has fueled a century of debate, from charges that Democrats were singled out for harrassment to Gore Vidal's depiction of Lincoln as an absolute dictator. Now, in The Fate of Liberty, one of America's leading authorities on Lincoln wades straight into this co…
Freedom, Racism, and Reconstruction: Collected Writings of LaWanda Cox
LaWanda Cox is widely regarded as one of the most influential historians of Reconstruction and nineteenth-century race relations. Imaginative in conception, forcefully argued, and elegantly written, her work helped reshape historians' understanding of the age of emancipation. Freedom, Racism, and Reconstruction brings together Cox's most important writings spanning more than forty years, including previously published essays, excerpts from her bo…
Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
In the face of Alexis de Tocqueville's concerns about the dangers of American democracy, Christopher Waldrep and Donald G. Nieman note, he found hope in an American appreciation for constitutionalism and the law. America's legalism, he believed, should prevent the realization of what he saw as the potential for majoritarian tyranny in a democratic nation. In this collection of essays, Local Matters, the editors Waldrep and Nieman have provided, f…
Local Matters: Race, Crime, and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South
Justice blind to - or blinded by - race Drawing on previously untapped sources, these nine community studies represent some of the best new work on how racial can be shaped by the particulars of time and place. Although each essay is anchored the local, several larger themes emerge across the volume - such as the importance of personality and place, the movement of former slaves from the capriciousness of plantation justice to the (theoretically)…
Promises to Keep: African Americans and the Constitutional Order, 1776 to the Present
The Elusive Quest for Equality, 1969–1989
Although the nation became more conservative in the 1970s and 1980s, civil rights advocates built on legislative and legal victories of the 1960s to create race-conscious remedies to challenge institutionalized racism. Their position was strengthened by a growing women’s movement that became an important element of the civil rights coalition. Affirmative action and remedies against practices that had a disparate impact on minorities and women exp…
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