1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456386203321

Autore

Popchock Barry <1950->

Titolo

Soldier Boy [[electronic resource] ] : The Civil War Letters of Charles O. Musser, 29th Iowa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 1995

ISBN

1-58729-191-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/77

973.782

Soggetti

Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives

Soldiers - Iowa - Council Bluffs - Correspondence

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives

Soldiers - Correspondence - Council Bluffs - Iowa

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

United States - General

Soldiers - Correspondence - Iowa - Council Bluffs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. To War: December 1862-April 1863; 2. Soldier Boy: April-July 1863; 3. Army of Occupation: July-December 1863; 4. Battle: January-May 1864; 5. Home Front: June-November 1864; 6. Garrison: November 1864-February 1865; 7. Peace Again: February-July 1865; Three Undated Letter Fragments; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Blood and anger, bragging and pain, are all part of this young Iowa soldier's vigorous words about war and soldiering. A twenty-year-old farmer from Council Bluffs, Charles O. Musser was one of the 76,000 Iowans who enlisted to wear the blue uniform. He was a prolific writer, penning at least 130 letters home during his term of service with the 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry.Soldier Boy makes a significant contribution to the literature of the common soldier in the Civil War.



Moreover, it takes a rare look at the Trans-Mississippi theater, which has traditionally been underva

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459429103321

Autore

Alexander Isabella

Titolo

Copyright law and the public interest in the nineteenth century / / Isabella Alexander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2010

ISBN

1-4725-6501-0

1-84731-564-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Disciplina

346.410482

Soggetti

Copyright - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Public interest - Great Britain - History - 19th century

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 (pages [301]-313) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : copyright, history, the public -- Copyright before the nineteenth century -- Copyright, the book trade and the reading public -- Extension and expansion -- Examination and internationalisation -- Infringement at common law : drawing copyright's boundaries -- The making of the 1911 Imperial Copyright Act -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Copyright law is commonly described as carrying out a balancing act between the interests of authors or owners and those of the public.  While much academic work, both historical and contemporary, has been done on the authorship side of the equation, this book examines the notion of public interest, and the way that concepts of public interest and the rhetoric surrounding it have been involved in shaping the law of copyright. While many histories of copyright focus on the eighteenth century, this book's main concern is with the period after 1774. The nineteenth century was the period during which the boundaries of copyright, as we know it today, were drawn and ideas of 'public interest' were integral to this process, but in different, and complex,



ways. The book engages with this complexity by moving beyond debates about the appropriate duration of copyright, and considers the development of other important features of copyright law, such as the requirement of legal deposit, the principle that some works will not be subject to copyright protection on the grounds of public interest, and the law of infringement.  While the focus of the book is on literary copyright, it also traces the expansion of copyright to cover new subject matters, such as music, dramatic works and lectures. The book concludes by examining the making of the 1911 Imperial Copyright Act -the statute upon which the law of copyright in Britain, and in all former British colonies, is based. The history traced in this book has considerable relevance to debates over the scope of copyright law in the present day; it emphasises the contingency and complexity of copyright law's development and current shape, as well as encouraging a critical approach to the justifications for copyright law."--Bloomsbury Publishing.