TY - BOOK AU - Richardson,Heather C. TI - Greatest Nation of the Earth: Republican Economic Policies During the Civil War SN - 9780674059658 AV - HC105.6 -- .R53 1997eb U1 - 338.973 PY - 1997/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard University Press KW - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History KW - United States -- Economic policy -- To 1933 KW - United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865 KW - United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 "The Cares of Your Country Are a Paramount Duty": The Republicans in 1861 -- 2 "Now Is the Time for Making Money, by Honest Contracts, Out of the Government": War Bo n d s -- 3 "A Centralization of Power, Such as Hamilton Might Have Eulogised as Magnificent": Monetary Legislation -- 4 "Directing the Legislation of the Country to the Improvement of the Country": Tariff and Ta x Le g i s l a t i o n -- 5 "A Large Crop Is More Than a Great Victory": Agricultural Legislation -- 6 "It Was Statesmanship to Give Treeless Prairies Value": The Transcontinental Railroad -- 7 "See That All Their Blessings Are the Result of Their Own Labor": Republicans and Slavery -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3299995 ER -