Trusting Leviathan

by Martin Daunton

Book Overview

Professor Martin Daunton's major work of original synthesis explores the politics of taxation in the long nineteenth century. In 1799, income tax stood at 20% of national income; by the outbreak of the First World War, it was 10%. This equitable exercise in fiscal containment lent the government a high level of legitimacy, allowing it to fund war and welfare in the twentieth century. Combining new research with a comprehensive survey of existing knowledge,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521037484
• ISBN13: 9780521037488
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"