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The Civil War Confiscation Acts : failing to reconstruct the South /

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 Recons...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Syrett, John, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, ©2005.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Reconstructing America (Series) ; no. 10.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823240852
0823240851
9781429478878
142947887X
9780823247585
0823247589
ISSN:1523-4606 ;