American Singularity: The 1787 Northwest Ordinance, the 1862 Homestead and Morrill Acts, and the 1944 G.I. Bill

Author/Contributor(s):	Hyman, Harold M
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	08/01/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Examining the legislation that emerged from three periods of conflict in American history, Hyman reveals a consistent pattern favoring equal access to land, education, and law--a progression of singular, if sometimes flawed, attempts to embody in our statutes the values and aspirations that sparked our major wars.