Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945-1975

by Julian E. Zelizer

Book Overview

Taxing America, first published in 1999, offers an interpretation of the American state between 1945 and 1975 by tracing the career of Wilbur D. Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1958 to 1974. Blending methodological insights from history, political science, and sociology, Julian Zelizer provides one of the first comparative histories of income taxation, Social Security, and Medicare in this study of the crucial role Mills...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521795443
• ISBN13: 9780521795449
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"