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The reconstruction of southern debtors : bankruptcy after the Civil War / Elizabeth Lee Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Elizabeth Lee, 1967-
- Series:
- Studies in the legal history of the South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bankruptcy--Southern States--History.
- Bankruptcy.
- History.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2004]
- Contents:
- An act of transcendent importance
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820326240
- OCLC:
- 54670277
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