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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455885203321

Autore

McCurdy Charles W. <1948->

Titolo

The anti-rent era in New York law and politics, 1839-1865 [[electronic resource] /] / Charles W. McCurdy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8078-6087-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Collana

Studies in legal history

Disciplina

346.74704/344

Soggetti

Landlord and tenant - New York (State) - History

Rent strikes - New York (State) - History

Law - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-385) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; 1. Governor Seward and the Manor of Rensselaerwyck; 2. Whig Reconnaissance; 3. The Politics of Evasion; 4. The Trouble with Democrats; 5. Depression-Era Constitutionalism; 6. Signs of War; 7. Resistance and Reform; 8. Political Crossroads; 9. A Cacophony of Voices; 10. Democratic Futility; 11. Whig Resolution; 12. Enmeshed in Law; 13. The End of an Era; Notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A chronicle of the largest tenant rebellion in US history, from its beginning in the rural villages of eastern New York in 1839 until its collapse in 1865. The author highlights the manifold ways in which law and politics shaped the pattern of anti-rent violence and the drive for land reform.