Price of Progress - Public Services, Taxation, American Corporate State, 1877 to 1929

Informationen zum Autor R. Rudy Higgens-Evenson works for the National Park Service at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco.Tonya K. Flesher, Journal of the American Taxation Association Klappentext "Should find a place in the libraries of historians, economists, political scientists, and public administrators, and it would be usefully added to the syllabi of graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses." -- "American Historical Review" Zusammenfassung By the 1920s! a variety of "corporate stateshad proliferated across the nation! each shaped by a particular mix of taxation and public services! each offering a case study in how the business of America! as President Calvin Coolidge put it! became business.

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• Authors: Higgens-evenson, R Rudy Higgens-Evenson, R. Rudy Higgens-Evenson, R. Rudy (Acting Chief Higgens-Evenson, R.Rudy Higgens-Evenson
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.2003
• EAN: 9780801870545
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-7054-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Reconfiguring American Political History; Reconfiguring American Politic; Reconfiguring American Political History; Reconfiguring American Politic
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies