Building a Revolutionary State - The Legal Transformation of New York, 1776-1783

How does a state function during the collapse of institutions that revolutions bring? Pashman answers that in the case of New York during and after the Revolutionary War, showing how a new state was built on the fly.

Summary

How does a state function during the collapse of institutions that revolutions bring? Pashman answers that in the case of New York during and after the Revolutionary War, showing how a new state was built on the fly.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Pashman
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780226544014
• ISBN: 978-0-226-54401-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: American Beginnings, 1500-1900; American Beginnings, 1500-1900
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; New York, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Property, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Legal History, History of the Americas, Property law: general, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era), property law