1st Edition
The Revenue Imperative The Union's Financial Policies During the American Civil War
By Jane S Flaherty
Copyright 2009
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Provides a comprehensive overview of the Union financial policies during the American Civil War. This work argues that the revenue imperative, the need to keep pace with the burgeoning expenses of the conflict, governed the development of fiscal policy.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Fiscal Federalism; Chapter 2 The ‘Exhausted Condition of the Treasury’; Chapter 3 The Magnitude of the Contest; Chapter 4 The Poverty of the Treasury; Chapter 5 Sparing the Necessaries of Life; Chapter 6 The Most Burdened of them All; Chapter 7 Conclusion;
Biography
Flaherty, Jane S
