Money And Politics In America 1755 1775
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Author | : Joseph Ernst |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 080783971X |
Although it is obvious that politics, money, and economic conditions were closely interrelated in the twenty years before the Revolution, this is the first account to bring together these strands of early American experience. Ernst also provides and analytical case study of the impact on America of British monetary policy during a period of dramatic shifts in the Atlantic economy and suggests that earlier studies are questionable because of theoretical misconceptions concerning the importance of visible" money." Originally published in 1973. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author | : Joseph Albert Ernst |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Currency question |
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Author | : Joseph Albert Ernst |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780807812174 |
Author | : Charles Jesse Bullock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Budget |
ISBN | : |
The brief appearance of a ghost late at night begins a series of comic misunderstandings during which the narrator's mother throws a shoe through a neighbor's window and his grandfather shoots a policeman.
Author | : Katie A. Moore |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226835820 |
An incisive account of the crucial role money played in the formation and development of British North America. Promise to Pay follows America’s first paper money—the “bills of credit” of British North America—from its seventeenth-century origins as a means of war finance to its pivotal role in catalyzing the American Revolution. Katie A. Moore combs through treasury records, account books, and the bills themselves to tell a new story of money’s origins that challenges economic orthodoxy and mainstream histories. Promise to Pay shows how colonial governments imposed paper bills on settler communities through existing labor and kinship relations, their value secured by thousands of individual claims on the public purse—debts—and the state’s promise to take them back as payment for taxes owed. Born into a world of hierarchy and deference, early American money eroded old social ties and created new asymmetries of power, functioning simultaneously as a ticket to the world of goods, a lifeline for those on the margins, and a tool of imperial domination. Grounded in sustained engagement with scholarship from multiple disciplines, Promise to Pay breathes new life into old debates and offers an incisive account of the centrality of money in the politics and conflicts of empire, community, and everyday life.
Author | : Irving Fisher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Money |
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Author | : Alvin Rabushka |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 969 |
Release | : 2010-12-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1400828708 |
Taxation in Colonial America examines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the colonists. Spanning the turbulent years from the founding of the Jamestown settlement to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Alvin Rabushka provides the definitive history of taxation in the colonial era, and sets it against the backdrop of enormous economic, political, and social upheaval in the colonies and Europe. Rabushka shows how the colonists strove to minimize, avoid, and evade British and local taxation, and how they used tax incentives to foster settlement. He describes the systems of public finance they created to reduce taxation, and reveals how they gained control over taxes through elected representatives in colonial legislatures. Rabushka takes a comprehensive look at the external taxes imposed on the colonists by Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden, as well as internal direct taxes like poll and income taxes. He examines indirect taxes like duties and tonnage fees, as well as county and town taxes, church and education taxes, bounties, and other charges. He links the types and amounts of taxes with the means of payment--be it gold coins, agricultural commodities, wampum, or furs--and he compares tax systems and burdens among the colonies and with Britain. This book brings the colonial period to life in all its rich complexity, and shows how colonial attitudes toward taxation offer a unique window into the causes of the revolution.
Author | : Douglas A. Irwin |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2011-01-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0226384756 |
Papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research conference held at Dartmouth College on May 8-9, 2009.
Author | : Ronald Seavoy |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2013-10-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 113586277X |
An Economic History of the United States is an accessible and informative survey designed for undergraduate courses on American economic history. The book spans from 1607 to the modern age and presents a documented history of how the American economy has propelled the nation into a position of world leadership. Noted economic historian Ronald E. Seavoy covers nearly 400 years of economic history, beginning with the commercialization of agriculture in the pre-colonial era, through the development of banks and industrialization in the nineteenth century, up to the globalization of the business economy in the present day.
Author | : Charles A. Kromkowski |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 487 |
Release | : 2002-09-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1139435787 |
Political historians recognize the colonial years and the American Revolution, the early national era and the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the nineteenth century and the American Civil War as the three most important eras in American history. Recreating the American Republic offers the first comparative historical analysis and synthesis of these.