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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461690403321

Autore

Moussalli Stephanie D. <1953->

Titolo

The fiscal case against statehood [[electronic resource] ] : accounting for statehood in New Mexico and Arizona / / Stephanie D. Moussalli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-280-65919-X

9786613636126

0-7391-6700-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

336/.01373

Soggetti

Finance, Public - Arizona - History

Finance, Public - New Mexico - History

State governments - United States - History

Statehood (American politics) - History

Electronic books.

Arizona Appropriations and expenditures History

Arizona Politics and government To 1950

New Mexico Appropriations and expenditures History

New Mexico Politics and government 1848-1950

United States Territories and possessions History

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

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PartI. THE MONEY; Ch01. Statehood and Leviathan; Ch02. New Mexico's Rocky Fiscal Road to Statehood; Ch03. Arizona's Rocky Fiscal Road to Statehood; Ch04. The Statehood Gamble; Ch05. The Birth of Leviathan; PartII. THE BOOKS; Ch06. Accountability and Statehood; Ch07. The Talk; Ch08. Accountants at the Service of the State; Ch09. Funds, Assets, Liabilities, Fiscal Years, and Report Timing; Ch10. Interfund Transfers, Federal Subsidies, Revenues and Expenditures, Tax Rates, and Budgets; Ch11. The Elements of Accountability

ConclusionAppendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author



Sommario/riassunto

In The Fiscal Case against Statehood, Stephanie D. Moussalli investigates the territorial residents' fears that statehood will be expensive and examines the frontier development of government accounting practices. Moussalli analyzes financial reports from New Mexico and Arizona from the 1880s to the 1920s and finds a significant increase in the cost of government as well as an improvement in the governments' accountability for their use of the public purse.