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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785536203321

Autore

Belko W. Stephen <1967->

Titolo

The triumph of the antebellum free trade movement [[electronic resource] /] / William S. Belko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012

ISBN

0-8130-4393-X

0-8130-4369-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

382/.71097309034

Soggetti

Free trade - United States - History - 19th century

United States Economic conditions 19th century

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

The background -- The call -- The convention -- The memorial -- The victory.

Sommario/riassunto

In the wake of the War of 1812, the Madison and Monroe administrations oversaw the institution of a series of protective tariffs meant to shield fledgling American industries from British product ""dumping."" While southerners supported these protectionist measures early on, they quickly came to disapprove of them as severe impediments to trade with the West Indies, an important source of sugar cane and tobacco. In the decades that followed, tariffs became a hotly contested issue, the North favoring protectionism and the South advocating for free trade.  In The Triumph of the Antebe