Racial Taxation : Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973 /
In the United States, it is quite common to lay claim to the benefits of society by appealing to 'taxpayer citizenship' - the idea that, as taxpayers, we deserve access to certain social services like a public education. Tracing the genealogy of this concept, Camille Walsh shows how tax po...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2018]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | In the United States, it is quite common to lay claim to the benefits of society by appealing to 'taxpayer citizenship' - the idea that, as taxpayers, we deserve access to certain social services like a public education. Tracing the genealogy of this concept, Camille Walsh shows how tax policy and taxpayer identity were built on the foundations of white supremacy. |
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Description: | Title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 6, 2018). |
Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (250 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781469638966 |