The Revenue Imperative: The Union's Financial Policies During the American Civil War

ISBN-13: 9781138663527 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 240 str.

Jane S Flaherty;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

Provides a comprehensive overview of the Union financial policies during the American Civil War. This work argues that the revenue imperative, the need to keep pace with the burgeoning expenses of the conflict, governed the development of fiscal policy.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Fiscal Federalism; Chapter 2 The ‘Exhausted Condition of the Treasury’; Chapter 3 The Magnitude of the Contest; Chapter 4 The Poverty of the Treasury; Chapter 5 Sparing the Necessaries of Life; Chapter 6 The Most Burdened of them All; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

O autorze

Flaherty, Jane S