The Plessy Case

"Richly documented, well-written....Constitutional scholars will most certainly accept Lofgren's work as the definitive study of the Plessy case."--American Historical Review "An important work, one that belongs in every research and law library. It is essential reading for all scholars dealing with the history of constititional protections of American civil rights."--American Journal of Legal History "An intelligent and provocative study...[that] is likely to remain definitive."--Journal of Southern History "Well-researched and thoughtful...Deserves the attention of all those interested in civil rights law and history."--Journal of American History "A close, valuable look at a crucial bit of history."--Kirkus Reviews "Richly documented, well-written....Constitutional scholars will most certainly accept Lofgren's work as the definitive study of the Plessy case."--American Historical Review "An important work, one that belongs in every research and law library. It is essential reading for all scholars dealing with the history of constititional protections of American civil rights."--American Journal of Legal History "An intelligent and provocative study...[that] is likely to remain definitive."--Journal of Southern History "Well-researched and thoughtful...Deserves the attention of all those interested in civil rights law and history."--Journal of American History "A close, valuable look at a crucial bit of history."--Kirkus Reviews "The greatest contribution of Lofgren's book is its analysis of the case within 'the legal-racial matrix of the 1890s, with an eye toward explaining why it turned out as it did'....Lofgren's study is original, nuanced, and sharply argued. His analysis of the role of 'science' in the case raises disturbing questions about jurisprudence resting on empirical data rather than principle."--Reviews in American History "Meticulous and painstakingly detailed, this lawyerly history supersedes all previous accounts of the landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision."--Georgia Historical Quarterly "Lofgren has added greatly to our knowledge of civil rights law."--Library Journal