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Subtitle: Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the struggle over compulsory public education
By: Paula Abrams.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780472117000; 9780472021390
Subjects: Pierce, Walter Marcus, -- 1861-1954 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary -- Trials, litigation, etc; Educational law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Due process of law -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Church schools -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Catholic schools -- Oregon -- Portland -- History -- 20th century; Private schools -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Religious minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Catholics -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Oregon -- Trials, litigation, etc
Notes: Case cited as: Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, 268 U.S. 510 (1925)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-261) and index.
Table of contents: title: One hundred percent Americanism; title: We the people; title: The entering wedge; title: Good enough for all; title: Who owns your child?; title: Romanism; title: Seeing red; title: The majority will; title: A great cross; title: Turf; title: A perfect storm; title: Delicate and difficult questions; title: Take the scholars; title: An extravagance in simile; title: Final duty and power; title: The little red schoolhouse; title: Last refuge; title: A mere creature of the state.