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A saga of the New South : race, law, and public debt in Virginia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tarter, Brent, 1948- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Debts, Public > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Debts, Public > Law and legislation > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Origins of the debt controversy
  • The funding act of 1871
  • Funders and readjusters
  • The Readjuster Party
  • Readjustment, reform, and reaction
  • The coupon killers
  • The coupon cases
  • The coupon crusher
  • The Olcott Act of 1892
  • Unfinished business
  • Virginia v. West Virginia
  • Legacies of the debt controversy.