Federal taxation in America : a short history /
This brief survey is the first comprehensive historical overview of the US federal tax systems published since 1967. Its coverage extends from the ratification of the Constitution to the present day. Brownlee describes the five principal stages of federal taxation in relation to the crises that led...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Cambridge University Press,
2004
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Woodrow Wilson Center series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This brief survey is the first comprehensive historical overview of the US federal tax systems published since 1967. Its coverage extends from the ratification of the Constitution to the present day. Brownlee describes the five principal stages of federal taxation in relation to the crises that led to their adoption - the formation of the republic, the Civil War, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II - and discusses the significant modifications during the Reagan presidency. While focusing on federal policy, Brownlee also attends to the related history of state and local taxation. This 'democratic-institutionalist' interpretation is a novel and major contribution to the history of taxation and public finance. Now in a new edition, Brownlee extends his coverage to the present, with a new chapter focusing on the current tax policies of the George W. Bush administration. |
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| Item Description: | Title from e-book title screen (viewed October 17, 2007). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511214855 9780511214851 0511211279 9780511211270 9780521836654 0521836654 9780521545204 052154520X 0511216645 9780511216640 9786610540419 6610540411 |
