Making the Modern American Fiscal State: Law, Politics, and the Rise of Progressive Taxation, 1877-1929

by Ajay K. Mehrotra

Book Overview

At the turn of the twentieth century, the US system of public finance underwent a dramatic transformation. The late nineteenth-century regime of indirect, hidden, partisan, and regressive taxes was eclipsed in the early twentieth century by a direct, transparent, professionally administered, and progressive tax system. In Making the American Fiscal State, Ajay K. Mehrotra uncovers the contested roots and paradoxical consequences of this fundamental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107619734
• ISBN13: 9781107619739
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"