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War, Revenue, and State Building : Financing the Development of the American State.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801459146
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: War, Revenue, and State BuildingDDC classification:
  • 336.02/73
LOC classification:
  • HJ2362 -- .P69 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The State: Coercion and Tribute -- 2. War and the Development of the European State -- 3. The Rise of the Social Welfare State in Europe -- 4. Origins of the American State -- 5. State Formation in the Early Republic -- 6. Reconstituting the American State -- 7. War and the Development of the American State -- 8. Financing the Modern American State -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Pollack shows how war, revenue, and institutional development are inextricably linked in the United States, delineating the mechanisms of political development and revealing the ways in which the United States, too, once was a "developing nation.".
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The State: Coercion and Tribute -- 2. War and the Development of the European State -- 3. The Rise of the Social Welfare State in Europe -- 4. Origins of the American State -- 5. State Formation in the Early Republic -- 6. Reconstituting the American State -- 7. War and the Development of the American State -- 8. Financing the Modern American State -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Pollack shows how war, revenue, and institutional development are inextricably linked in the United States, delineating the mechanisms of political development and revealing the ways in which the United States, too, once was a "developing nation.".

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