The Civil War Confiscation Acts [[electronic resource] ] : failing to reconstruct the South / / John Syrett

• Autore: Syrett John <1942->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Fordham University Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 282 p. )
• Disciplina: 973.7/14
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Confiscations and contributions
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The First Confiscation Act -- The Second Confiscation Act: the act and its opponents -- The second act : divided Republican support and flawed result -- Enforcement of the second act : Lincoln and bates -- Early military confiscation -- Rules of war and later military confiscation -- The Treasury's part in confiscation -- The politics of confiscation -- Andrew Johnson and the end of confiscation -- Confiscation and the courts : jurisdiction and procedures -- Confiscation and the courts : constitutionality and duration.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is an account of two significant laws passed during the US Civil War, The Confiscation Acts (1861-62). It examines the political contexts, especially the debates in Congress, and how the failure of the Confiscation Acts during the war presaged the political and structural shortcomings of Reconstruction afterwards.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Civil War Confiscation Acts
• ISBN: 0-8232-4085-1; 0-8232-4758-9; 0-8232-2491-0; 1-4294-7887-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823828603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Reconstructing America (Series) ; ; no. 10.