"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2008,"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-280) and index.

Introduction -- pt. 1. Understanding reparations : reparations definitions, goals, history, and theory -- 1. Reparations definitions -- 2. Black (and other) reparations in history -- pt. 2. Reparations ascendant : the recent renascence of reparations debate and refined reparations theory -- 3. The modern Black reparations movement : why now, why, and what? -- 4. Against reparations -- pt. 3. Implementing reparations : reparations practice -- 5. Evaluating reparations lawsuits -- 6. Legislative reparations -- pt. 4. Possibilities for the future -- 7. Reparations future, realistic reparations, and models of reparations -- Appendices, documents related to reparations -- Appendix 1 : Special Field Orders, No. 15 (1865) -- Appendix 2 : A Bill (H.R. 29) Relative to Damages Done to Loyal Men, and For Other Purpose [Confiscation] (1867) -- Appendix 3 : Slavery Study Bill, H.R. 40 106th Congress, 1st Session (1999) -- Appendix 4 : California Slavery Era Insurance Registry (2000) -- Appendix 5 : Chicago Slavery Era Insurance Disclosure Ordinance 2-92-585 (2003) -- Appendix 6 : President Bush speaks at Goree Island in Senegal (2003) -- Appendix 7 : 108th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Joint Resolution 37 (2004) -- Appendix 8 : United States Senate Apology for Failure to Pass Anti-Lynching Legislation, 109th Congress, 1st Session -- Notes -- For further reading -- Index.