| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 94.2

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Book Review

Reparations: Pro and Con. By Alfred L. Brophy. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. xviii, 287 pp. $29.95, ISBN 978-0-19-530408-4.)
Alfred L. Brophy comprehensively presents the legal literature generated by late twentieth- and early twentieth-first-century proponents and opponents of reparations. He compares the struggle for reparations for African Americans with that of Holocaust survivors, Japanese Americans who were interned, and other victims of official oppression. He also discusses state and local governmental apologies in the United States and the work of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The book should prove useful for advanced history courses.	1
After providing definitions, goals, and theories of reparations, Brophy briefly sketches the historical background of the reparations movement in the United States. He concludes with a description of the modern movement, evaluating efforts to win reparations lawsuits and pass legislation.	. . .

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