War, Revenue, and State Building : : Financing the Development of the American State /

War, Revenue, and State Building : : Financing the Development of the American State / / Sheldon Pollack.

In a relatively short time, the American state developed from a weak, highly decentralized confederation composed of thirteen former English colonies into the foremost global superpower. This remarkable institutional transformation would not have been possible without the revenue raised by a particu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Pollack, Sheldon,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Cornell paperbacks
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The State: Coercion and Tribute
  • 2. War and the Development of the European State
  • 3. The Rise of the Social Welfare State in Europe
  • 4. Origins of the American State
  • 5. State Formation in the Early Republic
  • 6. Reconstituting the American State
  • 7. War and the Development of the American State
  • 8. Financing the Modern American State
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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