LEADER 02600nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910455885203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8078-6087-5 035 $a(CKB)111087027916550 035 $a(EBL)413355 035 $a(OCoLC)476237092 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000776909 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12326922 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000776909 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10748351 035 $a(PQKB)10806039 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413355 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413355 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10041274 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929239 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027916550 100 $a20000418d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe anti-rent era in New York law and politics, 1839-1865$b[electronic resource] /$fCharles W. McCurdy 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (428 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in legal history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5765-3 311 $a0-8078-2590-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-385) and index. 327 $aPreface; 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; 330 $aA chronicle of the largest tenant rebellion in US history, from its beginning in the rural villages of eastern New York in 1839 until its collapse in 1865. The author highlights the manifold ways in which law and politics shaped the pattern of anti-rent violence and the drive for land reform. 410 0$aStudies in legal history. 606 $aLandlord and tenant$zNew York (State)$xHistory 606 $aRent strikes$zNew York (State)$xHistory 606 $aLaw$xPolitical aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLandlord and tenant$xHistory. 615 0$aRent strikes$xHistory. 615 0$aLaw$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a346.74704/344 700 $aMcCurdy$b Charles W.$f1948-$0988659 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455885203321 996 $aThe anti-rent era in New York law and politics, 1839-1865$92260675 997 $aUNINA