Civil category: 10105 books
Injustice in Person
The Right to Self-Representation
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
In common law jurisdictions, litigants are free to choose whether to procure legal representation or litigate in person. There is no formal requirement that civil litigants obtain legal representation, and the court has no power to impose it on them, regardless of whether the litigant has the financial...
Unredeemed Land
An Environmental History of Civil War and Emancipation in the Cotton South
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
How did the Civil War and the emancipation of four million slaves reconfigure the natural landscape in the South and the farming economy dependent upon it? An innovative reconsideration of the Civil War's profound impact on southern history, Unredeemed Land traces the environmental constraints that...
Civil War Sites
The Official Guide to the Civil War Discovery Trail
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
This easy-to-use guide, completely revised and updated in clear, concise prose, features more than hundreds of sites in 31 states--solemn battlefields, gracious mansions, state parks, cemeteries, memorials, museums, and more. Specific directions, hours, and contact information help to plan the trip;...
States at War, Volume 3
A Reference Guide for Pennsylvania in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
While many Civil War reference books exist, there is no single compendium that contains important details about the combatant states (and territories) that Civil War researchers can readily access for their work. People looking for information about the organizations, activities, economies, demographics,...
States at War, Volume 5
A Reference Guide for Ohio in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
While many Civil War reference books exist, there is no single compendium that contains important details about the combatant states (and territories) that Civil War researchers can readily access for their work. People looking for information about the organizations, activities, economies, demographics,...
The Bohannon Brothers
Ireland and America, 1857-1865
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
The Bohannon Brothers - Ireland and America, 1857-1865 A timeless historical novel set in Ireland and the United States during the American Civil War era; this unique story plays out through the lives of immigrant Irish characters from Connemara, in County Galway, Ireland. Ireland, Connemara, 1857-60:...
The Blue, the Gray, and the Green
Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how nature—disease, climate, flora and fauna, and other factors—affected the war and also how the war shaped Americans’ perceptions, understanding,...
John Brown Gordon
Soldier, Southerner, American
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
John Brown Gordon’s career of prominent public service spanned four of America’s most turbulent decades. Born in Upson County, Georgia, in 1832, Gordon practiced law in Atlanta and, in the years immediately preceding the Civil War, developed coal mines in northwest Georgia. In 1861, he responded...
Germans in the Civil War
The Letters They Wrote Home
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
German Americans were one of the largest immigrant groups in the Civil War era, and they comprised nearly 10 percent of all Union troops. Yet little attention has been paid to their daily lives--both on the battlefield and on the home front--during the war. This collection of letters, written by German...
Personal Injury and Damage Ascertainment under Civil Law
State-of-the-Art International Guidelines
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
This volume serves to provide an international overview of personal injury compensation in different geographical areas (15 countries already included), with a special focus on the methods used to ascertain the injury and the related damages. It also goes on to clarify the logical and methodological...
by Major Bruce V. Sones
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
This thesis is a historical analysis and an assessment of Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis’ life with special emphasis on his division’s performance during the Civil War.
The thesis will discuss Davis’ quick rise through the military ranks, which led to his eventual assumption of a corps...
by A. James Fuller
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Remembered as the "Great War Governor" who led the state of Indiana during the Civil War, Oliver P. Morton has always been a controversial figure. His supporters praised him as a statesman who helped Abraham Lincoln save the Union, while his critics blasted him as a ruthless tyrant who abused...
by Elaine Harzheim Macedo, Daniele Viafore
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Este livro tem por finalidade analisar as decisões monocráticas dos relatores, como instrumento de controle da litigiosidade no Processo Civil brasileiro. Para tanto, apresenta-se atemporâneo, porque analisa a origem das decisões unipessoais nos tribunais, com um olhar na tradição pretérita...
States at War, Volume 4
A Reference Guide for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
While many Civil War reference books exist, there is no single compendium that contains important details about the combatant states (and territories) that Civil War researchers can readily access for their work. People looking for information about the organizations, activities, economies, demographics,...