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Book Review

Recasting American Liberty: Gender, Race, Law, and the Railroad Revolution, 1865-1920. By Barbara Young Welke. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xx, 405 pp. Cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-521-64020-2. Paper, $23.00, ISBN 0-521-64966-8.)

This novel but uneven book examines three aspects of the law and public policy governing railroads and streetcars during the period 1865-1920. Part 1 concerns the tort law of accidental physical injury that resulted from railroad operations. Part 2 deals with the law of 'nervous shock,' or emotional distress, which developed partly as a response to the horrific consequences of railroad accidents. Finally, part 3 deals with the law of segregation as applied on railroads. . . .

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