Blue Laws and Black Codes: Conflict, Courts, and Change in Twentieth-Century Virginia
There’s nothing like this work in the literature of Virginia history.... I admire what Wallenstein has done and how he has done it. And I learned from him.(Charles McCurdyProfessor of History at the University of Virginia, author ofThe Anti-Rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839–1865)Wallenstein's book is designed to reach scholars, students, and general readers in Virginia history, U.S. history, and the history of the South. I recommend it because of its unique approach, wide-ranging research, and good writing, all of which are brought to bear on important questions in Virginia, southern, and U.S. history in the twentieth century.(J. William Harris, University of New Hampshire, author of Society and Culture in the Slave South)