TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pollack,Sheldon
TI  - War, Revenue, and State Building: Financing the Development of the American State
SN  - 9780801459146
AV  - HJ2362 -- .P69 2009eb 
U1  - 336.02/73 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Revenue -- United States -- History
KW  - Revenue -- Europe -- History
KW  - Finance, Public -- United States -- History
KW  - Finance, Public -- Europe -- History
KW  - War -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History
KW  - War -- Economic aspects -- Europe -- History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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