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

• Autore: Flaherty Jane <1960->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 336.7309034
• Soggetto topico: Finance, Public - United States - History - 1861-1875
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Economic aspects; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Finance
• Note generali: First published 2009 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited.
• 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: <i>The Revenue Imperative</i> provides a comprehensive overview of the Union financial policies during the American Civil War. Flaherty argues that the revenue imperative, the need to keep pace with the burgeoning expenses of the conflict, governed the development of fiscal policy. Preserving the nation placed insurmountable strains on the antebellum structure of government, thus forcing a fundamental reorganization of the American financial system. Contingency, rather than a determined effort to implement an ideology or reward special interests, played the pivotal role in the development of the Republican response to financing the war. <i>The Revenue Imperative</i> closely examines the tariff and internal tax policies inaugurated during the Civil War. Flaherty argues that this new revenue system, more than any other aspect of the war financial policies, changed the relationship between the government and the economy in the post-Civil War era.
• Titolo autorizzato: The revenue imperative
• ISBN: 1-315-65307-9; 1-317-31497-2; 1-282-12556-7; 9786612125560; 1-85196-572-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826709903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Financial history (London, England) ; ; no. 8.