02601nam 2200613 a 450 991078036420332120230607214210.0979-88-908679-0-20-8078-6087-5(CKB)111087027916550(EBL)413355(OCoLC)476237092(SSID)ssj0000776909(PQKBManifestationID)12326922(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000776909(PQKBWorkID)10748351(PQKB)10806039(Au-PeEL)EBL413355(CaPaEBR)ebr10041274(CaONFJC)MIL929239(MiAaPQ)EBC413355(EXLCZ)9911108702791655020000418d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe anti-rent era in New York law and politics, 1839-1865[electronic resource] /Charles W. McCurdyChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20011 online resource (428 p.)Studies in legal historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5765-3 0-8078-2590-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-385) and index.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;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.Studies in legal history.Landlord and tenantNew York (State)HistoryRent strikesNew York (State)HistoryLawPolitical aspectsLandlord and tenantHistory.Rent strikesHistory.LawPolitical aspects.346.74704/344McCurdy Charles W.1948-1539120MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780364203321The anti-rent era in New York law and politics, 1839-18653789752UNINA