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Author:

Thompson, Elizabeth Lee, 1967-

Title:

The reconstruction of southern debtors : bankruptcy after the Civil War / Elizabeth Lee Thompson.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xvii, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Bankruptcy--Southern States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-186) and index.

Contents:

Repeal of the 1867 Act. The federal district courts in bankruptcy cases -- Southerners' use of the 1867 Act -- Southern attorneys as bankruptcy counsel -- Voluntary bankruptcy proceedings in the South -- Involuntary bankruptcy in southern tribunals -- White women and African Americans under the Bankruptcy Act -- Bankrupt partners and corporations before the federal courts -- Repeal of the 1867 Act.

Series:

Studies in the legal history of the South

ISBN:

9780820326245 (alk. paper)
0820326240 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54670277

LCCN:

2004005101

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)