The Tariff Question in the Gilded Age: The Great Debate of 1888

by Joanne Reitano

Protective tariffs were part of American life long before the era of NAFTA and GATT. In the late nineteenth century, the "tariff question" was one of the most controversial issues of the day. As Joanne Reitano shows in this far-reaching study, the ensuing debate was anything but an empty exercise in political rhetoric occupying only politicians and lobbyists. The tariff was of central concern to a broad cross section of people because of its perceived...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271010355
• ISBN13: 9780271010359
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"