Challenging traditional accounts of the development of American private law, Peter Karsten offers an important new perspective on the making of the rules of common law and equity in nineteenth-century courts. The central story of that era, he finds, was a struggle between a jurisprudence of the head, which adhered strongly to English precedent, and a jurisprudence of the heart, a humane concern for the rights of parties rendered weak by inequitable rules and a willingness to create exceptions or altogether new rules on their behalf. Karsten first documents the tendency of jurists, particularly those in the Northeast, to resist arguments to alter rules of property, contract, and tort law. He then contrasts this tendency with a number of judicial innovations--among them the sanctioning of 'deep pocket' jury awards and the creation of the attractive-nuisance rule--designed to protect society's weaker members. In tracing the emergence of a pro-plaintiff, humanitarian jurisprudence of the heart, Karsten necessarily addresses the shortcomings of the reigning, economic-oriented paradigm regarding judicial rulemaking in nineteenth-century America. Originally published in 1997. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
In The American Military Tradition historians John M. Carroll and Colin F. Baxter gather an esteemed group of military historians to explore the pivotal issues and themes in American warfare from the Colonial era to the present conflict in Iraq. From the reliance on militia and the Minutemen of the American Revolution to the all-volunteer specialized troops of today, these twelve essays analyze the continuities and changes in the conduct of war over the past three centuries. In this completely revised second edition, new essays explore Napoleonic warfare, the American Civil War, the Plains Wars in the West, the War against Japan, the nuclear arms race, and the War on Terror. The book, while not avoiding the nature of battle, goes beyond tactics and strategy to include the enormous social and political impact of America's wars.
Testing the Sufficiency of Army Research Branch Surveys and Infantry Combatant Recollections Against the Insights of Cred-Ible War Correspondents, Combat Photog-Raphers, and Army Cartoonists
Testing the Sufficiency of Army Research Branch Surveys and Infantry Combatant Recollections Against the Insights of Cred-Ible War Correspondents, Combat Photog-Raphers, and Army Cartoonists
Merriam Press World War 2 History No. 5 First Edition 2016 Most scholarship on the American role in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) during World War II has addressed the "large" issues of strategy, campaign outcomes, command leadership, and logistical support. Other, generally more recent research efforts have provided insights into the experiences of the individual combatants. In this publication Karsten offers a better grasp of these latter efforts, utilizing evidence that has been underutilized. What he asks in this unique work is whether the media (journalists, broadcasters, combat photographers, cartoonists and artists) in the ETO during World War II significantly improved our understanding of the world of the American infantryman there. "Thoughtful, comprehensive, and provocative. Peter Karsten's research ranges from the world of the combat infantryman to the world of the war correspondent. He is particularly illuminating where those worlds collide." -Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the trilogy: The Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-43; The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, and The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1943-45 "Peter Karsten has written a long overdue study of GI infantrymen's attitudes in the war against Germany, matching frontline reporting with the U.S. Army's survey research. Bill Mauldin and Ernie Pyle were the most reliable observers of GI hardships and complaints about the Army. Karsten matches Mauldin's cartoons with the Research Bureau polling with convincing effect." -Allan R. Millett, co-author, A War to Be Won: Fighting the Second World War "As Normandy veteran Paul Fussell once lamented, World War II has been Disneyfied and sanitized beyond recognition. Peter Karsten brings all his analytic skills to this analysis of the American GI. By getting as close to the soldiers themselves, Karsten gives us new insights into what they thought and how they reacted to the monumental events happening around them. This book will help us to better understand the real men rather than the Disney version. Karsten's work will be of interest to scholars of the war as well as those interested in the biggest questions of war, soldiers, and the societies they serve." -Michael S. Neiberg, author of The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944
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