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Hardcover. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
In the wake of the American Revolution, if you had asked a citizen whether his fledgling state would survive more than two centuries, the answer would have been far from confident. The problem, as is so often the case, was money. Left millions of dollars of debt by the war, the nascent federal government created a system of taxes on imported goods and installed custom houses at the nation’s ports, which were charged with collecting these fees. Gradually, the houses amassed enough revenue from import merchants to stabilize the new government. But, as the fragile United States was dependent on ... Read more
In the wake of the American Revolution, if you had asked a citizen whether his fledgling state would survive more than two centuries, the answer would have been far from confident. The problem, as is so often the case, was money. Left millions of dollars of debt by the war, the nascent federal government created a system of taxes on imported goods and installed custom houses at the nation’s ports, which were charged with collecting these fees. Gradually, the houses amassed enough revenue from import merchants to stabilize the new government. But, as the fragile United States was dependent on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226367071
SKU
V9780226367071
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Ref
99-15
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