The African Canadian Legal Odyssey
Historical Essays
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2012
- Category
- Legal History, Black Studies (Global), General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442646896
- Publish Date
- Nov 2012
- List Price
- $106.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442666818
- Publish Date
- Nov 2012
- List Price
- $90.00
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Description
The African Canadian Legal Odyssey explores the history of African Canadians and the law from the era of slavery until the early twenty-first century. ;This collection demonstrates that the social history of Blacks in Canada has always been inextricably bound to questi52.99ons of law, and that the role of the law in shaping Black life was often ambiguous and shifted over time.
Comprised of eleven engaging chapters, organized both thematically and chronologically, it includes a substantive introduction that provides a synthesis and overview of this complex history. This outstanding collection will appeal to both advanced specialists and undergraduate students and makes an important contribution to an emerging field of scholarly inquiry.
About the author
Barrington Walker is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Queen's University. His research interests are Black Canadian history and the histories of race and immigration in Canada.