Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation

by William Hogeland

Book Overview

Recent movements such as the Tea Party and anti-tax "constitutional conservatism" lay claim to the finance and taxation ideas of America's founders, but how much do we really know about the dramatic clashes over finance and economics that marked the founding of America? Dissenting from both right-wing claims and certain liberal preconceptions, Founding Finance brings to life the violent conflicts over economics, class, and finance that played...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292757530
• ISBN13: 9780292757530
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.9"