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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...

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1. Verfasser: Einhorn, Robin L. (Robin Leigh), 1960-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©2006.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-325) and index.
ISBN:9780226194899
0226194892
9780226194875
0226194876
1281956759
9781281956750
9786611956752
6611956751

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