The Anti-rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839-1865
, by McCurdy, Charles W.- ISBN: 9780807857656 | 0807857653
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/5/2001
McCurdy highlights the manifold ways in which law and politics shaped both the pattern of the Anti-Rent violence and the drive for land reforms in the 1800s. He provides a major reinterpretation of the ideas and institutions that diminished the promise of American democracy in the supposed Rgolden ageS of American law and politics. (Legal Reference/Law Profession)