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Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State. By Megan Ming Francis. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 197 pp., $27.99 paper.

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Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State. By Megan Ming Francis. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 197 pp., $27.99 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Jeb Barnes
Jeb Barnes*
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Department of Political Science, University of Southern California
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Law & Society Review , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , June 2015 , pp. 540 - 543
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