The Role of the State Legislatures in the Confederacy

Mary Spencer Ringold

Published by University of Georgia Press, 1966

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Association Copy - Inscribed by author to Dr. R. C. Edwards, President of Clemson University. VERY GOOD on a very good dust jacket. No marks. Binding is tight and square. viii, 141 pages 22 cm. . . . . . . . This book deals with the practical rather than theoretical aspects of state rights in action. It concentrates on the programs by which Confederate governors and general assemblies sought to relieve domestic crises, trying to protect and maintain as nearly as possible normal economic, social, and political institutions. Secession conventions are a part of the investigation insofar as their ordinances initiated or supplemented policies of the legislatures. Finally, this study describes in the light of deteriorating local and national conditions the ultimate failure of the states to meet the needs and maintain the morale of the Southern people. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The New Order -- 2.) Local Defense -- 3.) Confederate-State Relations -- 4.) Economic Legislation -- 5.) Institutional Stability -- 6.) Morale -- 7.) State Revenue -- 8.) The End of the Experiment.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Role of the State Legislatures in the Confederacy
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication Date: 1966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 13 ounces
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • History::Civil War