Dear Philip: I'd start with these: A Free Soil - A Free People The Anti-Rent War in Delaware County, New York by Dorothy Kubik. ---new book from Purple Mountain Press Tin Horns and Calico, a Decisive Episode in the Emergence of Democracy by Henry Christman --- a classic from the 1940s Landlords and Farmers in the Hudson-Mohawk Region, 1790-1850 by David Maldwyn Ellis --- an other classic For historical background, see Landlord and Tenant in Colonial New York : Manorial Society, 1664-1775 by Sung Bok Kim, as well as the various earlier works Kim's book is a corrective to. Encourage your student to study this fascinating "episode"--the only mention of North America in The Communist Manifesto is about the anti-rent movement. We need a good scholarly treatment à la S.B. Kim on this. Edward Knoblauch University at Albany -----Original Message----- From: philip terrie <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 9:08 AM Subject: query >I have a student in need of suggestions of secondary sources on the >anti-rent war. Any ideas? > >Philip G. Terrie, Director >American Culture Studies >Bowling Green State University >Bowling Green, OH 43403-0237 >USA >phone: (419) 372-8886 >fax: (419) 372-7537 >[log in to unmask] >