The revenue imperative : the Union's financial policies during the American Civil War

The revenue imperative : the Union's financial policies during the American Civil War / by Jane Flaherty.

Flaherty argues that the need to keep pace with the burgeoning expenses of the American Civil War, governed the development of fiscal policy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Flaherty, Jane, 1960-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2009.
Series:	Financial history (London, England) ; no. 8.
Subjects:	1861-1875 Finance, Public > United States > History > 1861-1875. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance. Economics Finance Finance, Public United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Economic aspects. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Finance. United States Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

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.