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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454504003321

Autore

Cummings James W.

Titolo

Towards modern public finance : the American war with Mexico, 1846-1848 / / by James W. Cummings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2009

ISBN

1-317-31395-X

1-317-31396-8

1-281-86864-7

9786611868642

1-85196-592-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Financial History Series ; ; Number 7

Disciplina

336.7309034

973.62

Soggetti

Mexican War, 1846-1848 - United States - Finance

Finance, Public - United States - History - 1801-1861

Electronic books.

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; Introduction; 1. Financial and Economic Background; 2. Ideology, Revenue and Financial System; 3. The Loan of 1846; 4. The Loan of 1847; 5. Mexico's Finances; 6. Making War Pay; 7. The Independent Treasury at War; 8. The Loan of 1848; 9. Mexican Indemnity and Bounty Land; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first in-depth study to address the financing of the American-Mexican War of 1846-8.