The People's Welfare
Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10048674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Audra Laverne Prewitt (The University of Texas at Arlington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 634 |
| Publication date | 1997-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | The people's welfare: Law and regulation in nineteenth-century America, William J Novak, 1996 |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2952600 |
| OpenAlex | W4298415860 |
| Language | EN |
Journal Article The Peoples Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America. By William J. Novak. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. xii, 396 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8078-2292-2. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 08078-4611-2.) Get access Audra Laverne Prewitt Audra Laverne Prewitt University of Texas, Arlington, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 2, September 1997, Pages 634–635, https://doi.org/10.2307/2952600 Published: 01 September 1997
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