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Era of the Oath : Northern Loyalty Tests during the Civil War and Reconstruction /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hyman, Harold Melvin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Edición:Reprint 2016.
Colección:American Historical Association Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Loyalty on Demand
  • 1. Congress, Cabinet, and Civil Servants
  • 2. The First Year: Loyalty Tests Spread
  • 3. Loyalty Defined: The Ironclad Test Oath
  • 4. The Key to Freedom
  • 5. A Problem of Peace: Postwar Administration and the Test Oath
  • 6. Congress, the Executive, and the Test Oath
  • 7. The Personal Factor in Loyalty Oaths
  • 8. Vacant Chairs in Congress
  • 9. Bench, Bar, and Oath
  • 10. The Supreme Court Decides
  • 11. First Breach
  • 12. Final Repeal
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Table of Cases Cited
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index