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American taxation, American slavery /
In American Taxation, American Slavery, Robin Einhorn shows the deep, broad, and continuous influence of slavery on America's fear and loathing of taxes. From the earliest colonial times right up to the Civil War, slaveholding elites feared strong and democratic government as a threat to the in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, Ill. :
University of Chicago Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In American Taxation, American Slavery, Robin Einhorn shows the deep, broad, and continuous influence of slavery on America's fear and loathing of taxes. From the earliest colonial times right up to the Civil War, slaveholding elites feared strong and democratic government as a threat to the institution of slavery. Einhorn reveals how the heated battles over taxation, the power to tax, and the distribution of tax burdens were rooted not in debates over personal liberty but rather in the rights of slaveholders to hold human beings as property. Along the way, she exposes the antidemocratic origi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-325) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226194899 0226194892 9780226194875 0226194876 1281956759 9781281956750 9786611956752 6611956751 |