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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454013003321

Autore

Flaherty Jane

Titolo

The revenue imperative : the Union's financial policies during the American Civil War / / by Jane Flaherty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

©2009

ISBN

1-317-31497-2

1-282-12556-7

9786612125560

1-85196-572-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Financial History

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

Finance, Public - United States - History - 1861-1875

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Economic aspects

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Tables and Graphs; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Fiscal Federalism; 2. The 'Exhausted Condition of the Treasury'; 3. The Magnitude of the Contest; 4. The Poverty of the Treasury; 5. Sparing the Necessaries of Life; 6. The Most Burdened of Them All; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Flaherty argues that the need to keep pace with the burgeoning expenses of the American Civil War, governed the development of fiscal policy.