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

Name: Founding Finance How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation
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ISBN: 9780292757530

ISBN-10: 0292757530

ISBN-13: 9780292757530

Edition: 2014

Authors: William Hogeland

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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 directly, and in many ways ironically, into the hardball politics of forming the nation and ratifying the Constitution—conflicts that still continue to affect our politics, legislation, and debate today.Mixing lively narrative with fresh views of…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 2/15/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.946

William Hogeland is author of The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. He lives in New York City.